An oversized digit in the date - 1916-P Buffalo Nickel.

@BuffaloIronTail said:
The Buffalo Nickel was re-done by the Mint in 1916, mainly to strengthen LIBERTY, which came out weak on the 1913-15 coins.

But there's another thing they tried to address: the date was too shallow and was prematurely wearing to the point of disappearing altogether.

Look at the 6 in the date.

It is bigger and more prominent than the other digits. The Mint probably figured that at least some of the date would remain.

Nothing the Mint did fully solved the problem, and dates with two digits became prominent.

I surmise that the Mint didn't want to exergue the date like they did on the reverse.

That would have solved the problem.

Pete

Thanks Pete. While most collectors of the Buffalo Nickel were/are aware of the enlarged 6. I don't believe many have seen it mentioned on the forum, of course, JMO. For the beginning collectors of this series, and from ebay sales of well worn examples, I feel there are more than most think, this should be an interesting post. Below is a photo representing the difference in size between the numbers, especially, the 9 and the 6.
Jim