The designers initial is on all Buffalo nickels and adds nothing to the value, 1936 has the highest mintage of all Buffalo nickles and values are $1.00-$3.00 for most circulated coins better grade can be up to $15.00
What you are seeing is probably the designer's initials " FS" for Felix Schlag. They did not appear on the coin until 1966.
Ask yourself which president lived at Monticello, and then ask which president is pictured on the front of the nickel. Hint - both questions have the same answer and his initials are T.J.
The buffalo (actually a bison) is on the back, with an Indian head on the front. The date is on the front at the base of the Indian's neck.
The buffalo is the back. The front is an Indian head.
Buffalo or Indian Head nickels were minted in the US from 1913 to 1938.
They're the initials of Felix Schlag, the coin's designer. Schlag had a dispute with the Mint over the original design for the coin and his initials were not shown until 1966. In 2006, when the new permanent portrait of Jefferson was put on the front of the nickel FS was moved to the reverse side which continues to show his picture of Monticello.
An Indian head
What you are seeing is probably the designer's initials " FS" for Felix Schlag. They did not appear on the coin until 1966.
They're the initials of Norman E. Nemeth, the coin's designer.
The initials of coin designer and mint engraver John Sinnock are on the front of the dime.
Ask yourself which president lived at Monticello, and then ask which president is pictured on the front of the nickel. Hint - both questions have the same answer and his initials are T.J.
The buffalo (actually a bison) is on the back, with an Indian head on the front. The date is on the front at the base of the Indian's neck.
The buffalo is the back. The front is an Indian head.
On the front of the coin look to the lower left.
Buffalo or Indian Head nickels were minted in the US from 1913 to 1938.
Apart from "AUSTRALIA" and "HALF PENNY", the only letters on the reverse (back) of a 1942 Australian Halfpenny are "KG". They are the initials of the designer of the reverse, George Kruger Gray. The letters "HP" on the obverse (front) (below the back of the King's neck), of all Australian coins from 1938 to 1952 inclusive, are the initials of the designer of the obverse (front), T Humphrey Paget.
The letter "F" on the front of the coin is not a mint mark; it's the initial of the coin's designer James Earle Fraser. The mint mark position on all Buffalo (= Indian Head) nickels is located below the words "Five Cents" on the coin's reverse side. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1937 US nickel?" for more information.