Buffalo Five Cents 1913-1938 - 1920-S 5C

Weight

5 g

Diameter

21.2 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

75% Copper, 25% Nickel

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Plain

Technique

Struck

Front design

Bison standing on a plain

Back design

Native American Indian head facing left

Year of Minting

1920

Ruler

NA

Mint location

San Francisco

Mint mark

S

Orientation

Coin alignment

Inscriptions

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | E PLURIBUS UNUM | FIVE CENTS

Context

: In circulated grades, the 1920-S is quite scarce. It is rare in mint state and in Gem condition it is one of the major rarities of the Buffalo nickel series. For the non-varieties, in Gem condition only the 1926-S is rarer, though the 1925-S is close in rarity to the 1920-S. I'd caall the 1920-S the second rarest buffalo nickel in Gem condition after the 1926-S. Strike is a big problem with this issue and most examples have very weakly struck detail of the Buffalo's horn and tail and the Indian's hair braid. Luster, on the rare mint state example, is somewhat frosty.

Rarity

Rare

Coin type

Buffalo Nickel (1913-1938)

In circulation

NA

Demonetized

No

Marketplace listings

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