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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jwevansv, post: 243404, member: 5162&quot;]Yes, both are Type 1&#039;s.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a pic of a Type 2</p><p><br /></p><p>As early as April in 1913 the rapid wear in the area of “FIVE CENTS” on the reverse became evident, and the re-designed Type II reverse replace the Type I “Buffalo on the mound”.&nbsp; This solved the reverse wear problem, but the problem of the date wearing down too rapidly on the obverse was never addressed.&nbsp; This oversight has resulted in many millions upon millions of dateless Buffalo Nickels, mostly effecting the early to mid-dates; 1913-1927.&nbsp; Often, dateless buffalo nickels can have their dates &quot;restored&quot; by applying a ferric-chloride solution to the date area and commercially sold as Nic-A-Date.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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