5 Cents 'Buffalo Nickel' flat ground

€1.00
IssuerUnited States
Year1913-1938
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value5 Cents (0.05 USD)
CurrencyDollar (1785-date)
CompositionCopper-nickel
Weight5 g
Dimensions21.2 mm
Thickness1.95 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)James Earle Fraser
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#134, Schön#132
Obverse descriptionThe composite profile of Iron Tail, an Oglala Sioux chief, Two Moons, a Cheyenne chief, and Big Tree, a Kiowa chief
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringLIBERTY 1936 F
Reverse descriptionA standing American bison facing left with the country name above and the denomination below
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringUNITED·STATES·OF·AMERICA E PLURIBUS UNUM FIVE CENTS
(Translation: Out of Many, One)
EdgeSmooth
MintUnited States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
D
United States Mint of Denver,United States (1906-date)
S
United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)
Mintage1913  - - 29 857 186
1913  - Proof - 1 514
1913 D - - 4 156 000
1913 S - - 1 209 000
1914  - Overdate variety possibly exists (1914/3) - 20 664 463
1914  - Proof - 1 275
1914 D - - 3 912 000
1914 S - - 3 470 000
1915  - - 20 986 220
1915  - Proof - 1 050
1915 D - - 7 569 000
1915 S - - 1 505 000
1916  - - 63 497 466
1916  - Doubled Die Obverse, mintage included with 1916 -
1916  - Proof - 600
1916 D - - 13 333 000
1916 S - - 11 860 000
1917  - - 51 424 019
1917 D - - 9 910 000
1917 S - - 4 193 000
1918  - - 32 086 314
1918 D - Overdate variety exists (1918/7) - 8 362 000
1918 S - - 4 882 000
1919  - - 60 868 000
1919 D - - 8 006 000
1919 S - - 7 521 000
1920  - - 63 093 000
1920 D - - 9 418 000
1920 S - - 9 689 000
1921  - - 10 663 000
1921 S - - 1 557 000
1923  - - 35 715 000
1923 S - - 6 142 000
1924  - - 21 620 000
1924 D - - 5 258 000
1924 S - - 1 437 000
1925  - - 35 565 100
1925 D - - 4 450 000
1925 S - - 6 256 000
1926  - - 44 693 000
1926 D - - 5 638 000
1926 S - - 970 000
1927  - - 37 981 000
1927 D - - 5 730 000
1927 S - - 3 430 000
1928  - - 23 411 000
1928 D - - 6 436 000
1928 S - - 6 936 000
1929  - - 36 446 000
1929 D - - 8 370 000
1929 S - - 7 754 000
1930  - - 22 849 000
1930 S - - 5 435 000
1931 S - - 1 200 000
1934  - - 20 213 003
1934 D - - 7 480 000
1935  - - 58 264 000
1935  - Doubled Die Reverse, mintage included with 1935 -
1935 D - - 12 092 000
1935 S - - 10 300 000
1936  - - 118 997 000
1936  - Brilliant -
1936  - Brilliant Proof, mintage included with 1936 -
1936  - Proof - 4 420
1936 D - - 24 814 000
1936 D - 3-1/2-legged buffalo, mintage included with 1936 D -
1936 S - - 14 930 000
1937  - - 79 480 000
1937  - Proof - 5 769
1937 D - - 17 826 000
1937 D - 3-legged buffalo, mintage included with 1937 D -
1937 S - - 5 635 000
1938 D - - 7 020 000
1938 D - Repunched mintmark (D over S; many varieties), mintage included with 1938 D -
Catalog ID2530236360
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