1-oz Silver Round Buffalo Nickel Coin

Silver Round America’s Favorite Wild West Coin

America’s fabled Buffalo Nickel features arguably the most authentic western-themed images in the nation’s numismatic history. Designed by famed American sculptor James Earle Fraser, it was first released in 1913 and circulated until 1938 witnessing World War I, the Roaring ’20s, and the Depression Era ’30s. Its rugged depiction of an American Bison on the reverse and a portrait of a stoic Native American on the obverse has been a collector favorite.

James Earle Fraser’s Famous Buffalo Nickel

James Earle Fraser’s Buffalo Nickel was popular throughout its run thanks to its uniquely and unequivocally American designs. The Indian depicted on the coin is a dead ringer for Oglala Lakota Chief Iron Tail—though Fraser claimed it was a composite of three men in order to protect both the Chief’s privacy and his own artistic license. The American bison on the reverse was directly related to the obverse design as buffalos were an important symbol for many Native Americans.