Click to enlargeJ1950/P2025

This is one of two 1913 type one buffalo nickel patterns without the designer's initial. This used to be J1789 in earlier editions.

This one has a small flat top 3 in the date as shown below. Photo of date area courtesy of the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution.



The other J1951/P2024 has a round top 3 and is struck on a slightly broader planchet. This used to be J1789A in earlier editions.

Pollock quotes a letter from January 1913 stating that 17 were struck of which 6 were destroyed. 2 are in the Smithsonian. To view those examples, click here. The illustrated piece is the Farouk, Auction 89, Heritage 5/01 example.

Photo courtesy of Heritage.