The American Gold Buffalo coin from the United States Mint is one of its most significant programs, not only because it is an important annual release offering from the mint, but also because it was the first-ever 24-karat gold coin the US Mint issued. Right now, the 2015 1 oz American Gold Buffalo Coin is available to purchase online from JM Bullion with a perfect certification!
Coin Highlights:
- Arrives in a protective plastic slab from the NGC.
- 10th issue of American Gold Buffalo coins since 2006!
- Contains 1 Troy oz of .9999 pure gold.
- Bears a face value of $50 (USD) backed by the federal government.
- Issued a grade of Mint State 70 by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation.
- Obverse features James Earle Fraser’s Native American design.
- Fraser’s Black Diamond bison depiction on the reverse.
Each of the 2015 1 oz American Gold Buffalo Coins listed here today are perfect specimens according to the NGC. Coins with an MS70 grade feature full, original mint luster and bear no detracting flaws of any kind.
James Earle Fraser was commissioned in 1913 to redesign the imagery on the American five-cent piece. His Buffalo Nickel design used a combination of facial features from three prominent Native American tribal leaders of the day, as well as a bison from the Central Park Zoo named Black Diamond. The Buffalo, or Indian Head, Nickel was in circulation from 1913 to 1938.
On the obverse of the 2015 1 oz American Gold Buffalo coin is the image of a Native American chieftain, captured in right-profile relief. Fraser’s design debuted on the Buffalo Nickel in 1913, and remained in use until 1938. Fraser’s image of the chieftain was created through the combination of facial features from real-world tribal leaders of his day.
The reverse of the 2015 1 oz American Gold Buffalo coin includes the image of Black Diamond. Though not an exact replication, Fraser’s left-profile depiction of an American bison was inspired by Black Diamond, a resident buffalo at New York City’s Central Park Zoo in the early 20th century.
Like many other annual release coins, these American Gold Buffalo coins are produced by the United States Mint at the West Point Mint facility, which has handled the production of these coins exclusively since 2006.
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