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Lot 212 - 1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 1 NGC PF66

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Lot 212 - 1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 1 NGC PF66
1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. Attractively toned. A first-rate gem Proof with richly permeating luster that flows across the fine sandblast pale gray surfaces. Satisfactorily struck for the date, indeed, as excellent as this date is ever found in Proof. The coin's designer would have loved this one!

The Type I Proof Buffalo Nickel is a one-year only design, with the reverse being modified mid-year to accommodate placement of the words FIVE CENTS in a lower, more protected area. After the first regular-issue coins were struck and well into circulation, Mint officials felt concerned that the denomination would wear too rapidly. The necessary change was made by revising the ground on which the buffalo stands and placing FIVE CENTS in a lower portion in the field situated between a raised ground line and the rim.
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