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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 26150050, member: 13650&quot;]Looks like a nice short set.&nbsp; The Peace is common.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1913 Buffalo nickel type 1 refers to ground beneath the buffalo where it says &quot;Five Cents&quot;&nbsp; As a kid, before the internet, I never understood what raised ground meant.&nbsp; It&#039;s laughable now but I always tried to see how the mound was higher than a regular one.&nbsp; I was looking at the Y axis on the coin as up down, not realizing it&#039;s the Z axis, coming out of the coin towards you.&nbsp; &nbsp; I eventually figured it out.&nbsp; That&#039;s the difference between the Type 1s and 2s.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; They decided the five cents would wear off in circulation too fast so they recessed the ground back into the coin so the wording would be protected on the rest of them.&nbsp; This created six different varieties the first year in 1913 between the P,D, and S, which then proceeded as the type 2 recessed ones from then after.&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1913 is fairly common with the mint marked ones being more scarce and pricier.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Some cool toning on the dimes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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