The Buffalo nickel pairs James Earle Fraser's Indigenous portrait with an American bison. Its 1913 reverse changed from a raised mound to a recessed denomination.
64 dated issues and 7 documented varieties are organized below.
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Mound Type
1913–1913; 75% Copper - 25% Nickel.
Designer: James Earle Fraser; diameter: 21.2 mm; weight: 5 g.
Line Type
1913–1938; 75% Copper - 25% Nickel.
Designer: James Earle Fraser; diameter: 21.2 mm; weight: 5 g.
Dated issues
1913 P Buffalo Nickel1913 D Buffalo Nickel1913 S Buffalo Nickel1913 P Buffalo Nickel1913 D Buffalo Nickel1913 S Buffalo Nickel1914 P Buffalo Nickel1914 D Buffalo Nickel1914 S Buffalo Nickel1915 P Buffalo Nickel1915 D Buffalo Nickel1915 S Buffalo Nickel1916 P Buffalo Nickel1916 D Buffalo Nickel1916 S Buffalo Nickel1917 P Buffalo Nickel1917 D Buffalo Nickel1917 S Buffalo Nickel1918 P Buffalo Nickel1918 D Buffalo Nickel1918 S Buffalo Nickel1919 P Buffalo Nickel1919 D Buffalo Nickel1919 S Buffalo Nickel1920 P Buffalo Nickel1920 D Buffalo Nickel1920 S Buffalo Nickel1921 P Buffalo Nickel1921 S Buffalo Nickel1923 P Buffalo Nickel1923 S Buffalo Nickel1924 P Buffalo Nickel1924 D Buffalo Nickel1924 S Buffalo Nickel1925 P Buffalo Nickel1925 D Buffalo Nickel1925 S Buffalo Nickel1926 P Buffalo Nickel1926 D Buffalo Nickel1926 S Buffalo Nickel1927 P Buffalo Nickel1927 D Buffalo Nickel1927 S Buffalo Nickel1928 P Buffalo Nickel1928 D Buffalo Nickel1928 S Buffalo Nickel1929 P Buffalo Nickel1929 D Buffalo Nickel1929 S Buffalo Nickel1930 P Buffalo Nickel1930 S Buffalo Nickel1931 S Buffalo Nickel1934 P Buffalo Nickel1934 D Buffalo Nickel1935 P Buffalo Nickel1935 D Buffalo Nickel1935 S Buffalo Nickel1936 P Buffalo Nickel1936 D Buffalo Nickel1936 S Buffalo Nickel1937 P Buffalo Nickel1937 D Buffalo Nickel1937 S Buffalo Nickel1938 D Buffalo Nickel