Question regarding 1929 nickel

friend

I just went through a roll of nickels I got at a bank and I came across a 1929 Buffalo Nickel. Could you tell me what the letter "F" means under the Date? Thank you.

ILikeMercs

probably the designers initial...James E Frasier


edit: well, not probably, it is

Barndog

congratulations on a neat find -- not too many buffalo nickels to be found in bank rolls these days!

GoldenEyeNumismatics

I heard about someone finding an UNC 1937 D 3 legged nickel in a bank roll about a year ago

Leiana

With regards to buffalo nickels, the F is only remarkable when it's not there!

But still, you don't find a buffalo in a roll of nickels every day, so that's still really fun!

-Amanda

123cents

Nice find.

WoodenJefferson

Ilike mers was correct...

James Earle Fraser design accurately portrays a male Native American, and the obverse portrait was a composite of three chiefs who had posed for him years earlier. Keeping with the distinctly American theme, he depicted an American bison on the reverse. The inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and E PLURIBUS UNUM are artfully placed over the buffalo, with the denomination FIVE CENTS below. The legend LIBERTY and the date are similarly well executed on the coin's obverse, while the designer's initial "F" is below the date.


source http://www.coinresource.com/guide/index.htm

WoodenJefferson

<< <i>With regards to buffalo nickels, the F is only remarkable when it's not there!



gone from wear or mint error?

Leiana

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<< <i>With regards to buffalo nickels, the F is only remarkable when it's not there! >>





gone from wear or mint error? >>



Die wear.

-Amanda

66RB

<< <i>gone from wear or mint error? >>



Gone from 'mint error' is what I think is being implied here. Here's one I have