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Lot 223 - 1914-D Buffalo Nickel PCGS MS66

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Lot 223 - 1914-D Buffalo Nickel PCGS MS66
1914-D Buffalo Nickel. This certified Gem is pleasingly sharp in strike with the only detail lost at the tops of the letters in LIBERTY. The luster is full, vibrant, and softly frosted in sheen. There are blushes of natural toning iridescence on both sides, but we are unable to locate any spots or bagmarks. A little granularity is seen in the central region of the hair near the hair braid, but this is quite typical. The 1914-D (3.9 million coins produced) is scarce in both circulated and upper-level Mint State grades.

The incident at Sarajevo was the defining event of 1914. The assassination, on June 28, 1914, of the Archduke Fran Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife while visiting Sarajevo in Bosnia, proved to be the match that started the European conflagration, the War to End All Wars, the First World War. Holding Serbian revolutionists responsible for the murder, Austria declared war. Russia mobilized, and Germany thereupon declared war on Russia. France, Russia's ally, became embroiled. The German invasion of Belgium brought Great Britain into the conflict. Soon most of Europe was under arms in a war that lasted until the end of 1918. In the Rocky Mountain region of America , where this 1914-D nickel made its appearance, all seemed serene and untroubled. (#3925)