Bring back the "Buffalo Nickel"?

At least the US Mint recognized the beauty of the "Buffalo" Nickel when they produced this:

Too bad they don't do the same with some of our earlier coin designs.

 

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They don't want us to remember the Indians or what happened to them. That's why they're erasing them from everywhere. Not even the Indian on the land o lakes butter was safe

 

and mint high and low relief then add a reeded edge, but which, coarse or fine? I know, both.

 

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then. You're too kind sir.....martha

 

If this keeps up, we'll never find Waldo. The'll snatch him too.

 

Been looking for that rascal for 70 years and haven't seen hide nor hair of him. Maybe he is floating on a raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

 

Aint seen kilroy lately either. Now don't take me as a conspiracy theorist, but how far are they going with this ? I want my Mapo.

 

But, in my opinion, they didn't do a really good job with it. They moved the Indian to the right, his features are cruder. On the reverse they rearranged the inscriptions, added one, and in order to make room for the added inscription they shortened the buffalo's legs making it look like a cross between a buffalo and a corgi.

The bullion buffalos are a little more faithful rendition of Frasers' original design.

 

Then you might be interested in this set . . . . . just posted yesterday by Ron Landis on his site.

I don't think these will last long . . . . . . .



https://www.landisstudios.net/product-page/felix-schlag-jefferson-2-piece-set

Z

 

Thanks Z! I bought! Can't wait to get them, that's really neat!

 

I couldn't resist and picked up a set myself.

Z

 

Wowowowowowoowow
A re-release? I love it!
Thanks my friend!

 

Pretty neat. I ordered a set too.

 

Lol, we're going to buy out their stock! I'm glad I already ordered. I had $50 sitting in my Paypal anyway, so it only cost me $30 plus tax.

 

I say we return to the original pre-war design and relief of the Jefferson Nickels found from 1938-1942. Jefferson is awesome, Monticello is awesome, and full steps are awesome.

 

What about original Jefferson on the obverse and Monticello with a Buffalo grazzing grass right in front of it with a beautiful sky with clouds and the sun on the reverse.

 

And with todays high speed presses they will all come out looking like 1954 S's, mushy with poor strikes and details.

 

And what will the Buffalo Nickels look like? Honestly, I think the Buffalo Nickel series had more strike issues than the Jefferson. If we are choosing the design based solely on which design will be the easiest to produce with today's production methods, then the Liberty "V" nickel should win hands down.

 

My pleasure, glad I could share . . . . .

I just LOVE Ron's work. Might want to poke around a bit to see what else he can "empty your wallet" with.

I had been smitten with this design for quite a while, but had always resigned myself to appreciate them from afar. I never thought I could come close to remotely affording one of these, let alone a SET . . . . . . .

Z

 

If you tried to use the same relief as the originals I think they would look horrible as well. With todays high speed presses your only choice is very low relief designs. And I do agree the Liberty would work better than the Buffalo or Jefferson. The shield nickel design might work well though as it doesn't seem to have a lot of differences in relief between its high and shallow relief areas, so it would probably work well as a low relief design.