3 Coins New 2009 Silver Buffalo Art Rounds 3 Troy Ozs

The coins featured in this auction are brand new and fresh from the Mint!  All coins are kept locked in their original unopened Monster Boxes and unopened tubes in a very dry storage safe in a smoke free and pet free area.

This newly opened Monster Box features coins which remain untouched by human hands.  Each coin is handled with clean, unsoiled gloves and inserted into a special 2 x 2 folder, and is then inserted into a padded bubble mailer and shipped via 1st Class US Mail.

SILVER BUFFALO ART ROUNDS: These beautiful silver buffalo art rounds, patterned after James Earl Fraser’s famous design of the Indian Head Buffalo Nickel, have quickly become one of the most popular bullion coins on the market!  Each coin contains one oz of pure .999 fine silver.

Silver Buffalo Art Rounds are undoubtedly one of the most sought after silver coins ever by both collectors and investors, as evidenced by their increasing scarcity and lack of availability at dealers across the nation!  These beautiful silver coins will provide both investors and collectors with an opportunity to purchase these coins at a fantastic price that starts well below their market value!  These coins are being offered at a starting price of only $.99!  Bid now and lock in the value!

Three (3) brand new 2009 Buffalo Silver Art Rounds in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.  Each Silver Buffalo Art Round contains 1 troy oz of .999 fine silver.

SPECIAL NOTE: The winner of this auction will also receive a FREE ORIGINAL BUFFALO NICKEL minted between 1913 and 1938 (our choice), just like the one the Buffalo Silver Art Rounds were designed after!  The photo below is a 1935 Buffalo nickel in uncirculated condition.  The nickel the winner of this auction receives will be in fair to average circulated condition.  The coins may be no date, partial date, or full date.

The Buffalo Nickel – An American Classic

According to the United States Mint, the popular Indian Head, or Buffalo, 5-cent coin (nickel) was introduced in 1913. Designed by James Earle Fraser, a student of legendary sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the Indian Head/Buffalo nickel design showcases the native beauty of the American West.  Buffalo Nickels, minted between 1913 and 1938, are also regarded as good luck pieces by some people and seem to engender a sense of nostalgia for others.

The Native American depiction on the coins obverse is believed to be based on three different American Indians. Two of the American Indians who modeled for Fraser as he sculpted the coin were named by the designer before his death. They were known as Chief Iron Tail of the Lakota Sioux and Chief Two Moons of the Cheyenne. Although many have claimed to have had a sitting with Fraser for this design, he could not recall the name of the third person and satisfactory documentation has not yet been found to identify that individual. It is widely believed that the bison on the coins reverse was modeled after Black Diamond, a popular attraction at the New York Zoological Gardens.

In the first year of the coin’s issue, 1913, there were two distinct varieties, the first showing the bison on a mound and the second with the base redesigned to a thinner, straight line. Matte proof coins were struck and made available to collectors from 1913 to 1916. The designer’s initial, the letter ‘F,’ appears on the obverse, below the date.

James Earle Fraser was born November 4, 1876, in Winona, Minnesota. He studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago, and at the Academie Julian and Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Completed before he was seventeen years old in 1894 and considered one of the best-known art pieces in America, Fraser’s sculpture entitled End of the Trail won the $1,000 award of the American Art Association in Paris. One member of the Association’s jury, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the designer of the $10 and $20 eagle and double eagle coins in 1907 and considered among the greatest of modern sculptors, later asked Fraser to become his assistant.

Some of Fraser’s other noted works include statues of Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (State Capitol Building, Jefferson City, MO), Alexander Hamilton (United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.) and a seated Thomas Edison (Edison Institute, Dearborn, MI).

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