April 12, 2024
BUFFALO NICKELS - INDIAN HEAD - 200 COIN LOT - MIXED CONDITION GOOD DATES
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You are bidding on a lot of 200 Indian Head Buffalo Nickels from 1913 - 1938These are unseached coins with fully readable dates.President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 expressed his dissatisfaction with the artistic state of the American coinage, [5] and hoped to hire sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to redesign all the coins. Constrained by the 1890 act, the Mint only hired Saint-Gaudens to redesign the cent and the four gold pieces. Saint-Gaudens, before his 1907 death, designed the eagle and double eagle , which entered circulation that year; the cent, quarter eagle , and half eagle were designed by other artists and released into circulation by 1909. By that time, the Liberty Head nickel had been in circulation for more than 25 years, and was eligible for redesign regardless of the special provision. In 1909, Mint Director Frank Leach instructed Barber to make pattern coins for new nickels. Most of these coins featured the first president, George Washington . The press found out about the pieces, and speculated they would be released into circulation by the end of the year. The Mint received orders from banks in anticipation of the "Washington nickel". [6] However, the project was discontinued when Leach left office on November 1, 1909, to be replaced by Abram Andrew .The first coins to be distributed were given out on February 2
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