1914 Buffalo Head Nickels

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The 1914 Buffalo Head Nickels were struck by the 3 mints, The Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco Mints.

At the Philadelphia Mint 20,665,463 coins were struck. The Denver Mint minted 3,192,000 and at the San Francisco Mint 3,470,000 coins were minted.

The Philadelphia Mint struck 1,275 matte proof coins.

With the 1914 Buffalo Head Nickel two interesting varieties exist. Coins minted at the Philadelphia and San Francisco mints had some over-date problems that caused what are called 1914/3 strikes. Coins minted at these 2 mints have a slight horizontal ridge across the top of the 4.

It is believed that approximately 220,000-330,000 coins were made this way at the Philadelphia Mint.

The 1914/3 that were made at the San Fancisco Mint are very hard to seen and it was only in 1997 that Thomas K. Delorey discovered it. It is estimated that about 110,000 coins were made this way.

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1913 Buffalo Head Nickel Interesting Varieties

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Their are 4 different varietes of the 1913 Buffalo Head Nickel. 3 varieties for Type I and 1 variety for Type II.

At the Philadelphia Mint an overlapping on the reverse die caused one of the front legs of the buffalo to become very unclear and created what is know as 3 1/2 legs. This affected coins in the Type I series.

At the Denver and San Francisco Mints problems with the obverse die caused the disappearance of the third feather. The coins affected were in the Type I series

The last interesting variety was from the Philadelphia mint. Some of the coins were found to have slight die doubling in the date area of the coin.

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1913 Buffalo Head Nickel, The First Year

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1913 was the first year the Buffalo Head Nickel (also known as the Indian Head Nickel) was minted. Each of the 3 Mints, Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco took part in producing the coins.

In 1913 Buffalo Head Nickel was made in two types. Type I was the inital release. On the reverse the buffalo and the word Five Cent is on a raised mound. In Type II the buffalo is on a flat plain and the word Five Cents is recessed. The mint realized that the type 1 raised areas would wear more quickly and made the changes. Only the first coins made from 1913 were Type 1. Type 2 coins were made from 1913-1938.

The Philadelphia mint minted 30,992,000 Type 1 coins and 29,856,186 Type 2 coins.

The Denver mint made 5,337,000 Type I coins and 4,156,000 Type II coins.

The San Francisco mint struck 2,105,000 Type I coins and 1,209,000 Type II coins. The San Francisco Type II is considered to be one of the key date coins of the Buffalo Head Nickel coins.

The Philadelphia Mint minted 1,520 Type I proofs along with 1,514 Type II Matte Proof coins.

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1917 Buffalo Head Nickels

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51,424,029 is the number the Philadelphia Mint coined of the 1917 Buffalo Head Nickel. Most of the the coins minted were a of pretty good quality, problems with some of the dies that were used caused some of the coins to have some surface problems making them look gritty.

9,190,800 is the number of coins the Denver Mint struck and the mint in San Francisco made 4,193,000 coins. Most of the coins minted in Denver were of an "ok" quality but finding coins with really fine details would be a difficult task. The coins struck at the San Francisco Mint were weak in some of the details of the coin's key points .

Two interesting varieties are known with the 1917 Buffalo Head Nickel.

At the Philadelphia Mint Doubled Die Reverse coins have been found. The Denver Mint also had a problem with the dies overlapping creating some coins with 3 1/2 legs on the reverse. With the collectors this is a popular coin to collect.