Fully color illustrated, with over 260 pages of useful text, market information, mintages, minting techniques, buying tips, and more, this book will be essential to any American numismatic library. Softbound.

Today, both types of nickels are front row-center in the numismatic market. They are bought, sold, and traded frequently. Did you know that in the 1960s Abe Kosoff, a leading dealer at the time, stated that he received more want lists for Buffalo nickels than any other series.Today this would probably not be true, but they still are very popular. Through the pages of this book you will learn the true identity of the bison depicted on the reverse —upsetting “conventional wisdom.” You will know how the coins were designed, minted, and distributed. You will also learn information not available in any other book —which Buffalo nickels are rare, sometimes extremely rare, if sharply struck. Today in the marketplace sharply struck and weakly struck pieces bring the same prices in most instances. This book will give you a great advantage when buying.

Jefferson nickels come in for their share of attention, complete with how they were designed, various changes over the years, behind-the-scenes activities, and more. When you are finished with this book —guaranteed to be a good full evening of reading —you will be as expert as anyone in numismatics!