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An oversized digit in the date - 1916-P Buffalo Nickel.
BuffaloIronTail
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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
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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
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Another thing learned, cool
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
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Yeah I did not know that either and I collect Buffs
Maybe somebody had the wise idea to put the date on twice to be sure it would stay visible?
Pete, I never noticed that!
Pete @BuffaloIronTail. Never knew. Thanks for the enlightening information. Zack
I knew about the larger 6 in the date, I thought it was obvious, but i did not know about the strengthening of LIBERTY.
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They reworked the master hub for Lincoln cents in 1916 also, which unfortunately was kept in service until 1968.
Thank you for sharing that. That's interesting
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