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Buffalo Nickel
​Type 1 - Mound Reverse


Country:  United States
​​Denomination:  $0.05
Composition:  75% Copper, 25% Nickel
Years of Minting:  1913
Diameter:  21.2 mm
Gross Weight:  5 grams
Edge:  Plain
Designer:  James Earle Fraser


Photos courtesy of Scott Papper, GIA GG, AJP, CM (NAJA), Global Gemology & Appraisals

Buffalo Nickel
​Type 2 - Line Reverse


Obverse of a 1936 buffalo nickel
Obverse
Reverse of a 1936 buffalo nickel
Reverse
Country:  United States
​​Denomination:  $0.05
Composition:  75% Copper, 25% Nickel
Years of Minting:  1913 - 1938
Diameter:  21.2 mm
Gross Weight:  5 grams
Edge:  Plain
Designer:  James Earle Fraser


Photos courtesy of Scott Papper, GIA GG, AJP, CM (NAJA), Global Gemology & Appraisals
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