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A 1913 Liberty Head nickel is the target of a theft plot by the antagonists in Season 6, Episode 14, of the television series Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series), titled "The $100,000 Nickel." A 1913 Liberty Head nickel is also featured in the Bernie Rhodenbarr novel "The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza" by Lawrence Block .
The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel is a copper–nickel five-cent piece that was struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938. It was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser . As part of a drive to beautify the coinage, five denominations of US coins had received new designs between 1907 and 1909.
Indian Head (or Buffalo) nickel 1913–1938 Year Mint Mintage Comments 1913, Type 1 (P) 30,993,520 Type 1, mound on reverse D 5,337,000 Type 1, mound on reverse S 2,105,000 Type 1, mound on reverse 1913, Type 2 (P) 29,858,700 Type 2, flat on reverse D 4,156,000 Type 2, flat on reverse S 1,209,000 Type 2, flat on reverse, Key date 1914 (P)
Buffalo nickels are nostalgic coins that were in circulation from 1913 until 1938. Once a regular discovery in everyday life, these coins are now valued antiquities from a bygone period ...
The design of the American Buffalo gold bullion coin is a modified version of James Earle Fraser's design for the Indian Head nickel (Type 1), issued in early 1913. After a raised mound of dirt below the animal on the reverse was reduced, the Type 2 variation continued to be minted for the rest of 1913 and every year until 1938, except for 1922, 1932, and 1933 when no nickels were struck.
Pages in category "Currencies introduced in 1913" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... 1913 Liberty Head nickel; B. Buffalo nickel
In 1913, following the electoral victory of the Democrats in 1912, there was a significant reduction in the average tariff on manufactured goods from 44% to 25%. However, the First World War rendered this bill ineffective, and new "emergency" tariff legislation was introduced in 1922, after the Republicans returned to power in 1921.
One price recorded for a 1913 Liberty Head nickel was in January 2010, when one sold for $3,737,500 in an auction. [36] Recent sales of a 1913 Liberty Head nickel were in April 2013 for more than $3.1 million [37] and for $4.5 million at auction in August 2018. [38] It is uncertain how the 1913 nickels came to be made.