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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CircCam, post: 3547723, member: 85675&quot;]“The fields of all Type 1 nickels are textured as on all original models, which gives the luster a shimmering quality.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Source: “The Complete Guide to Buffalo Nickels” by David W. Lange - Pg. 46 (1992)</p><p><br /></p><p>“The coin also had matte or pebbled fields popular with sculptors of the day, instead of the smooth or polished surfaces typically seen on U.S. coins....”</p><p><br /></p><p>“...Barber also made additional modifications (<i>beyond the denomination mound change</i>) to the design, smoothing the textured fields and reducing details in both the Indian’s hair and the bison’s hide, changes that reduced the artistic strength of the original design in the opinion of many.”</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Source: 5 Cent Nickels – Buffalo Nickel, Type 2, 1913-1938</font></p><p><font size="4">By</font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://coinweek.com/author/coinweek/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/author/coinweek/" rel="nofollow">CoinWeek</a></font></p><p><font size="4">- </font></p><p><font size="4">October 10, 2010</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]942844[/ATTACH] </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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