USA "FIVE CENTS" Buffalo Nickel 1915

USA, Philadelphia
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Extrêmement rare

Attributs des pièces

RegionUSA
Denomination5 cents
Krause numberKM# 134
Mintage1,050
MetalCopper-Nickel
thickness1.95 mm
diameter21.21 mm
weight5 g
Avers:
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Great people
Description:
Iron Tail (Native American, chief of the Oglala Lakota)
Creators:
James Earle Fraser (F)
LIBERTY
Revers:
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Animals
Description:
Bison
Creators:
James Earle Fraser (F)
E PLURIBUS UNUM
FIVE CENTS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Introduction des pièces de monnaie

The mintage of proof nickels continued its inexorable slide during 1915, and it's not even certain that all of the 1,050 pieces reported were actually distributed.  The quality of 1915 proofs was very high, both in terms of strike and surfaces. These are beautiful coins when found unmolested, but the rarity of such pieces accounts for their fairly low certified population.En savoir plus