Postnet to Postnet R105 / Collection Cape Town
The Buffalo Nickel was one of Americas most beloved circulation coin designs. Appearing on the 5-cent piece from 1913 to 1938, Americans carried around a nickel coin with a Native American and Buffalo on the faces of the coin long before President Thomas Jefferson graced the coins faces.
Round Specifics:
- Ships in individual coin flips.
- Contains 1/10 Troy oz of .999 pure silver.
- Obverse features a Native American leaders depiction.
- Reverse includes the Black Diamond design.
- Original designs by James Earle Fraser.
James Earle Fraser was an American sculptor who created countless public monuments and private works during the early 20th century. He was also one of many sculptors commissioned by the federal government and US Mint to help revitalise American coin design during the first two decades of the 20th century.
On the obverse of these 1/10 oz GSM Buffalo Silver Rounds, youll find the image of an indigenous tribal leader from North America. The figure is captured in right-profile relief and wears braided hair down his shoulder with two feathers woven into his braid at the top of his head. The word Liberty is engraved on this side.
Fraser was a native of Winona, Minnesota, and spent much of his childhood on the plains of the Midwest and Upper Midwest following his father around. His father, Thomas Fraser, was an engineer working for the railroad companies laying tracks across Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas to the American West.
The reverse of the 1/10 oz Buffalo Silver Rounds include the design known as Black Diamond. The American bison depicted here stands on a mound of dirt and was inspired by a real-life bison of the same name which resided at the Central Park Zoo in New York City during the early 20th century.
