.750 copper & .250 nickel Weight 5 grams
It's either "Indian head" or "buffalo", but not "buffalo head". Buffalo nickels show the whole animal! All buffalo nickels are made of the same 25% nickel / 75% copper alloy used in modern nickels. Internet rumors notwithstanding, NO buffalo nickels ever contained any silver.
All U.S. nickels minted since 1866 (except for 1942-1945) are 75% copper and 25% nickel.
No, all US nickels are made out of 75% copper and 25% nickel, with the exception of the 35% silver war nickels dated 1942-1945. All buffalo nickels are 75% copper and 25% nickel, the same composition used today.
All buffalo nickels were struck in the same alloy of 75% copper / 25% nickel that has been used for all 5-cent pieces except the famous "war nickels" made during WW 2. The latter were made of silver, copper, and manganese because nickel was a strategic war metal. The term "nickel" was applied to the coin long before the buffalo design was adopted.
"CN" on a ring stands for the metal's base composition, which in this case is copper-nickel. It indicates that the ring is made of an alloy of copper and nickel.
It is made of 75% copper and 25% nickel.
A 1935 nickel, also known as a "Buffalo nickel," does not contain any silver. It is made of a composition of 75% copper and 25% nickel. Silver was not used in nickels until the wartime issues of 1942-1945, where some nickels contained 35% silver due to metal shortages.
It's either "Indian head" or "buffalo", but not "buffalo head". Buffalo nickels show the whole animal! All buffalo nickels are made of the same 25% nickel / 75% copper alloy used in modern nickels. Internet rumors notwithstanding, NO buffalo nickels ever contained any silver.
All U.S. nickels minted since 1866 (except for 1942-1945) are 75% copper and 25% nickel.
Buffalo nickel was created in 1913.
No, all US nickels are made out of 75% copper and 25% nickel, with the exception of the 35% silver war nickels dated 1942-1945. All buffalo nickels are 75% copper and 25% nickel, the same composition used today.
value of a 1936 buffalo head nickel
How much is a 1820 buffalo nickel
This coin is commonly called either a buffalo nickel or an Indian head nickel but not a "buffalo head nickel" - after all, it shows the whole buffalo! Please see the question "What is the value of a 1927 US nickel?" for more information.
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 :)
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 coin is called an Indian Head nickel or a buffalo nickel, not "buffalo head" - after all, it shows the entire buffalo! Please see the question "What is the value of a 1936 US nickel?" for more information.