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Catalog with Mintage Statistics for Items Designed and Minted by Daniel Carr /
Moonlight Mint.
“1933” Native-Head/Bison Nickels –
Production Blog
All are over-struck on genuine US Mint Native-Head/Bison
nickels (circa 1913-1938), unless otherwise noted.
Some were broad-struck and/or multiply struck with moderate shift between
strikes.
In the depths of the Great Depression, demand for new coinage was weak, and so the US Mint did not produce any 5-cent coins in 1932-1933. A pastime of the era was to carve “hobo” designs into the coins. These carvings generally left the original date alone, but changed much of the remaining design. These “1933” over-struck coins are the opposite in that the date is changed while the bulk of the design is unchanged.
NOTE: These are NOT endorsed by the US Treasury. Defacing of US coins is legal so long as the defacement isn't for fraudulent purposes.
Current Status:
Production has ended due to major crack across reverse (Buffalo) die. The dies have been totally defaced and scrapped.
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Die Pair |
Quantity Struck |
Issue |
Notes |
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Die Pair 1 |
85 (final) |
$25 (sold out) |
First produced July 2011. One (not released) was struck on a virgin US Mint bronze small cent blank. One (not released) was struck on an unknown 3.9-gram copper blank. |
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Die Pair 1 |
298 (final) |
$50 (sold out) |
First produced July 2011. One (not released) was struck on a virgin US Mint nickel 5-cent blank. The last 38 struck have a large die crack across Buffalo on reverse. |
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