Indian Head gold pieces
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The Indian Head gold pieces or Pratt-Bigelow gold coins were two separate coin series, identical in design, struck by the United States Mint: a two-and-a-half-dollar piece, or quarter eagle, and a fiv
NNC US 1908 G$5 Indian Head
Buffalo nickel
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The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel is a copper–nickel five-cent piece that was struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938. It was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser.
Indian Head gold pieces
…and Indian Princess designs for the gold dollar and three-dollar pieces. After Pratt, only James Earle Fraser's depiction of an Indian in 1913 on the Buffalo nickel would appear until the 2000 arrival of the Sacagawea dollar. Art historian Cornelius Vermeule in 1970 dismissed complaints made at the time of issuance…
NNC US 1913 5C Buffalo Nickel
NNC US 1913 5C Buffalo Nickel
Franklin MacVeagh, Secretary of the Treasury under Taft. A letter to him by his son may have been the genesis of the Buffalo nickel.