The 2026 Gold Proof Buffalo has something missing on the obverse

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HalfDime
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Here is the official mint image of the 2025 Proof Gold Buffalo coin:

Here is the official mint images of the 2026 Gold proof Buffalo coin:

Besides the obvious changes to the date and adding a privy mark, the obverse also has another thing changed to it within the design itself. Can anyone else here point it out??

Will the 2026 coins ship like this?

The bullion 2026 coins do not have this change.

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  • FlyingAl
    FlyingAl Posts: 4,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Where the ribbon ends? I'm thinking that's more of a result of the rendering the mint is using and we'll have to wait to see the actual coins before assessing if a change was truly made.

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  • johnny9434
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    my understanding is that not all coins will get the duel date. i heard 25,000 were going to have it. others will chime in

  • HalfDime
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    @FlyingAl said:
    Where the ribbon ends? I'm thinking that's more of a result of the rendering the mint is using and we'll have to wait to see the actual coins before assessing if a change was truly made.

    Yes that is what I see as well. The upper part is also missing.

  • LJenkins11
    LJenkins11 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Maybe the 2025 has three notches at the end of the top feather and the 2026 has only two?

  • Glen2022
    Glen2022 Posts: 1,005 ✭✭✭✭
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    The W has moved.

  • jessewvu
    jessewvu Posts: 5,087 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I counted one more ridge on the edge.

  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The 2026 head sure is lifeless.

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • stawick
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    The '26 picture looks like it has the similar ASE-Philly "frosting".

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,046 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @stawick said:
    The '26 picture looks like it has the similar ASE-Philly "frosting".

    The computer rendering will give you whatever finish you want.

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  • Rc5280
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    @stawick said:
    The '26 picture looks like it has the similar ASE-Philly "frosting".

    The computer rendering will give you whatever finish you want.

    That's better than what the Mint puts out.

  • ProofCollection
    ProofCollection Posts: 8,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 28, 2026 4:15PM
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    The proof buffalo has hammered fields so it will never have an appearance like that. The mint's image prompts me to wonder if it's going to be an "Enhanced" proof.

  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @HalfDime said:
    Here is the official mint image of the 2025 Proof Gold Buffalo coin:

    Here is the official mint images of the 2026 Gold proof Buffalo coin:

    Besides the obvious changes to the date and adding a privy mark, the obverse also has another thing changed to it within the design itself. Can anyone else here point it out??

    Will the 2026 coins ship like this?

    The bullion 2026 coins do not have this change.

    All of you fellow old timers who remember when Buffalo nickels were still in circulation….. think how different our collecting experience would have been had the date on the 1913 Type Two and on nickels been where the 1776 is here.

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • jmlanzaf
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    @CaptHenway said:

    @HalfDime said:
    Here is the official mint image of the 2025 Proof Gold Buffalo coin:

    Here is the official mint images of the 2026 Gold proof Buffalo coin:

    Besides the obvious changes to the date and adding a privy mark, the obverse also has another thing changed to it within the design itself. Can anyone else here point it out??

    Will the 2026 coins ship like this?

    The bullion 2026 coins do not have this change.

    All of you fellow old timers who remember when Buffalo nickels were still in circulation….. think how different our collecting experience would have been had the date on the 1913 Type Two and on nickels been where the 1776 is here.

    Would have been a lot less acid used.

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  • jmlanzaf
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    @Morgan White said:

    Revolutionary Peace edition... using the symbolism of the ever peaceful Roman Empire

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