1937-D is the 3-legged variety, a 3-1/2 legs variety was struck in 1936-D.
1937
1936 was the first year this error coin was struck at the Denver Mint and is the 3-1/2 legs variety not the 3-legged variety that was struck in 1937 at the same Mint.
Three legged buffalo
Buffalo nickels were minted from 1913 to 1938.Coins dated 1938 were only struck at Denver. At the time the mint was preparing the new Jefferson design but production was delayed. An extra run of the buffalo design was made to meet the need for additional nickels in circulation.
There is no such thing as an 1889 Buffalo Nickel. Buffalo nickels were only minted from 1913 to 1938. A nickel minted in 1889 would be a Liberty Head or "V" nickel.
1937
It depends on the date of the Denver minted Buffalo nickel, post new question.
1936 was the first year this error coin was struck at the Denver Mint and is the 3-1/2 legs variety not the 3-legged variety that was struck in 1937 at the same Mint.
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Three legged buffalo
Buffalo nickels were minted from 1913 to 1938.Coins dated 1938 were only struck at Denver. At the time the mint was preparing the new Jefferson design but production was delayed. An extra run of the buffalo design was made to meet the need for additional nickels in circulation.
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There is no such thing as an 1889 Buffalo Nickel. Buffalo nickels were only minted from 1913 to 1938. A nickel minted in 1889 would be a Liberty Head or "V" nickel.
The three-legged nickel was struck* at the Denver mint in 1937. The error occurred when a Mint employee tried to repair a damaged die. * Coins aren't cast, they're struck (or minted) on a coin press. Casting involves pouring molten metal into a mould and letting it harden, not a very fast way to make coins :)
The first Indian Head/Buffalo Nickel was minted in Philadephia in the year 1913. The coin is actually called a buffalo nickel or an Indian head nickel, but not "buffalo head". After all, it shows the entire buffalo, not just its head :)
If you have a 1960 buffalo nickel, it is a fake. They were last minted in 1938.
They were minted at Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco. They were minted in 1964.