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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Breakdown, post: 720074, member: 19532&quot;]Buffalos are one of the two series I collect (Walkers being the other). Type 1&#039;s can be absolutely beautiful and are fairly easy to find. There are dozens of ways and price ranges to collect the series. Two feathers are a variety and there are some diehard Buffalo variety collectors out there. If you are truly interested and serious in the series, I would suggest you purchase at least Lange&#039;s book on Buffalos. It has a great write-up on the history of the series -- Fraser&#039;s designs were not exactly popular with the powers that be at the mint, especially Mr. Barber, the Chief Engraver. Most entertaining is an exchange of letters between Fraser and an executive of a coin operating company that insisted that Fraser&#039;s designs be altered to fit machines in the coin operating industry!</p><p>Anyway, Lange&#039;s book is great and has a detailed description of every date and mint combination. There is also a useful book by Wexler, Pope and Flynn entitled &quot;The Authoritative Reference on Buffalo Nickels&quot; which has detailed information on errors and varieties.</p><p>Sorry to prattle on about books but there is a lot of information out there on the series. There are a lot of subtleties, such as what areas to look at first for strong v. weak strike.</p><p>Lot of fun ahead of you. Enjoy it and let us know if there are any more specific questions. I&#039;d like to see more Buffalo hunters on here.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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