5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel" flat ground

Features

Country	United States
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1913-1938
Value	5 Cents (0.05 USD)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	5 g
Diameter	21.2 mm
Thickness	1.95 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
References	KM# 134, Schön# 132 Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Obverse

Composite profile of Iron Tail, an Oglala Sioux chief, Two Moons, a Cheyenne chief, and Big Tree, a Kiowa chief.

Lettering:
LIBERTY
1936
F

Engraver: James Earle Fraser

Reverse

According to the legend, the bison used as a model for this coin was "Black Diamond" (1893-1915), a famous bison at the Central Park zoo in New York City
NOTE: If there is a mintmark it is below E C of FIVE CENTS

Lettering:
UNITED·STATES·OF·AMERICA
E
PLURIBUS
UNUM
FIVE CENTS

Engraver: James Earle Fraser

Edge

Smooth

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Year	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
?		0.06
1913	29,857,186			3.17		23.48
1913	1,514								Proof
1913 D	4,156,000
1913 S	1,209,000
1914									"4" over "3" in "1914"
1914	20,664,463								normal date
1914	1,275								Proof
1914 D	3,912,000
1914 S	3,470,000
1915	20,986,220		5.86		3.88
1915	1,050								Proof
1915 D	7,569,000
1915 S	1,505,000
1916									Doubled die obverse
1916	63,497,466	1.46	5.76	3.15		11.96			overdate variety exists
1916	600								Proof
1916 D	13,333,000
1916 S	11,860,000
1917	51,424,019	1.84	1.11		3.33
1917 D	9,910,000
1917 S	4,193,000
1918	32,086,314	3.81	0.67	3.96	3.85
1918 D	8,362,000
1918 D									"8" over "7" in "1918"
1918 S	4,882,000
1919	60,868,000	2.13	1.95	4.44	4.16
1919 D	8,006,000
1919 S	7,521,000
1920	63,093,000	0.98	1.73	2.69	2.22
1920 D	9,418,000
1920 S	9,689,000
1921	10,663,000
1921 S	1,557,000
1923	35,715,000	0.50	0.98	3.70
1923 S	6,142,000
1924	21,620,000	1.48	0.59		2.77
1924 D	5,258,000
1924 S	1,437,000
1925	35,565,100	2.26	2.45	3.78
1925 D	4,450,000	6.10
1925 S	6,256,000	4.56
1926	44,693,000	0.49	1.06	2.77	1.04
1926 D	5,638,000
1926 S	970,000
1927	37,981,000	1.17	0.95	1.71	0.61
1927 D	5,730,000
1927 S	3,430,000
1928	23,411,000	0.85	0.74	1.98	1.48
1928 D	6,436,000
1928 S	6,936,000		0.95	1.93
1929	36,446,000	1.19	1.35	1.70	2.49	8.63
1929 D	8,370,000			2.03
1929 S	7,754,000			0.79
1930	22,849,000	1.08	1.13	2.40	2.41
1930 S	5,435,000			1.98
1931 S	1,200,000
1934	20,213,003		0.90	2.00	3.84
1934 D	7,480,000		2.29	1.22
1935	58,264,000	0.94	0.90	2.12	1.96	3.06	10.21
1935									double die reverse; rare
1935 D	12,092,000	1.76	0.85	0.98	1.73				large "D"
1935 D									small "D"
1935 S	10,300,000			1.68	2.38
1936	118,997,000	0.95	0.90	1.66	1.98	4.44
1936									Brilliant
1936									Brilliant Proof
1936	4,420								Proof
1936 D	24,814,000		0.94	1.66	1.99				(fr) Denver
1936 D									3-1/2 leg; ultra rare
1936 S	14,930,000			1.68	0.93
1937	79,480,000	0.94	1.05	1.17	1.66	3.67
1937	5,769								Proof
1937 D	17,826,000		1.28	1.68	2.51	3.83
1937 D									3- legged; ultra rare
1937 S	5,635,000				2.04		17.53
1938 D	7,020,000		1.70	1.69	5.04			47.45
1938 D									"D" over "S" mintmark

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