James Earle Fraser’s Buffalo Nickel, officially known as the Indian Head nickel and minted from 1913 to 1938, represented a bold artistic departure from traditional American coinage. The 1915 Buffalo Nickel had a mintage of 20,986,220 coins is widely available today in circulated condition, but Mint State grades are scarce. The PCGS has issued the MS67 grade to only 80 coins from the 1915 Buffalo Nickel Series, with only an estimated 23 graded higher than that by the PCGS. Now, the 1915 Buffalo Nickel in Mint State 67 condition is available online from JM Bullion.

Coin Highlights:

• Coin arrives in a protective plastic slab!
• 3rd year of issue for the Buffalo Nickel!
• 20.986 million coins from the Philadelphia Mint!
• Mint State specimens are scarce!
• Contains 75% copper.
• Issued a face value of 5 Cents (USD).
• Bears a Grade of Mint State 67.
• Obverse depicts an indigenous figure.
• Reverse features Black Diamond, an American bison.

This 1915 Buffalo Nickel Coin is packaged in a plastic slab and has a Mint State 67 condition. The typical traits of an MS67 coin include nearly full mint luster, three or four minuscule contact marks, and no hairlines visible to the naked eye. The overall eye appeal is exceptional. This particular coin boasts satin-like luster and a strong strike of the design visuals.

In the obverse of 1915 Buffalo Nickels, you will find Fraser’s portrait of an indigenous figure. His right-profile portrait combined the physical characteristics of Iron Tail, Big Tree, and Two Moons. These indigenous leaders of the 20th century are said to have been the inspiration behind Fraser’s portrait.

For the reverse of 1915 Buffalo Nickel Coins, Fraser captured the rugged spirit of the American frontier with an American bison. Black Diamond, a resident bison at the Central Park Zoo in the early 20th century, was Fraser’s inspiration for the massive bison shown in left-profile relief on the coin.

Fraser’s design for the Buffalo Nickel embodied the spirit of the early 20th century’s American Renaissance movement. Fraser, a student of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, designed the coin as a tribute to the vanishing American frontier. The design was deeply personal to Fraser, who had grown up on the Great Plains and witnessed firsthand the dramatic changes brought by westward expansion and industrialization.

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