1913 Buffalo Head Nickel Interesting Varieties

Randy — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:34:38 +0000

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.

1913 Ty2 5c Buffalo Nickel CH BU A047
US $75.00

1913 D Ty2 5c Buffalo Nickel VG A048
US $125.00

Originally posted 2009-03-14 20:37:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

1913 Buffalo Head Nickel, The First Year

Randy — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:59:33 +0000

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.

1913 Ty2 5c Buffalo Nickel CH BU A047
US $75.00

1913 D Ty2 5c Buffalo Nickel VG A048
US $125.00

Originally posted 2009-02-19 21:42:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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1913 Buffalo Head Nickel Interesting Varieties

1913 Buffalo Head Nickel, The First Year