By Richard on September 13th, 2011 James E. Fraser designed the Buffalo nickel and his initial appears as an incused F beneath the date on the obverse of the coin in his honor. In the No F Abraded Die Variety (ADV) the incused F is missing. A missing F equals No F, the popular name for this variety. This variety is one example of the more general Missing Designer’s Initials variety found on other coins besides the buffalo nickel (e.g., Walking Liberty Half Dollars). However, in the buffalo nickel world, this abraded die variety is known affectionately as the No F variety.
As with other ADVs, […]
By Richard on June 27th, 2011 Every now and then we obtain a special coin, a favorite pick. It may be special because of the variety it represents, or the way it was obtained, or its appearance, or more generally, its story. This is a new category for people to tell those stories. If you would like to list some of your favorite picks and tell their story, without images, you can Comment on this post (eventually I will figure out how to allow images in Comments, but so far I haven’t). If you would like to include images, then please start a new post, and […]
By Richard on December 27th, 2010 
As with all Abraded Die Varieties (ADVs), Two Feather varieties were created after some damage occurred to a die, typically from a die clash. If the clash occurred in the vicinity of the Indian’s small feather, the small feather may have been removed when a mint employee attempted to remove the evidence of the die clash.
What do clashed dies look like? What parts of the reverse die make an impression on the obverse die? The fields are the highest parts of the dies and consequently are the parts likely to collide hardest. The impressions left behind will be […]
By Richard on December 24th, 2010 Thank you for dropping by! This site is dedicated to providing information about Buffalo nickel varieties. It focuses on the “Lesser Known” varieties included in PCGS’s Buffalo Nickels Complete Varieties Set. Some background pages are accessible from the menu bar at the top of the page. They provide information about how Buffalo nickel varieties are created and some suggestions about how to search for them on the Web. The heart of the site is set up as a blog so that it is easy to update and provides an interactive format for others to contribute. My posts to the blog […]
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