1925-P Buffalo Nickel, PCGS MS 65 – Fine White Coin

Buffalo Nickels – Form 2 (1913-1938) – Removal of the mound upon which the reverse bison stood created the 2nd model model for this neatly-liked five cent model. The Buffalo nickel, furthermore known because the Bison head or Indian nickel became as soon as struck for 25 years from 1913 to 1938. It stays one of many most iconic designs in U.S. numismatics. Created by sculptor James Earl Frasier, the coin choices a life like Indian portrait on the obverse and a illustration of a bison on the reverse. Each of those motifs have been supposed to signify real looking portraits, a departure from the stylized works on old money. The bison became as soon as modeled after “Dusky Diamond” a residing buffalo from the New York Central Park Zoo. The Indian portrait became as soon as a composite made of three separate real Native American objects. This classic model became as soon as a manufactured from the rare coin renaissance that changed the face of U.S. coinage from 1907 – 1921.