Obverse Design Varieties

The Buffalo Nickel
Die Variety Book

Obverse Design Varieties

Obverse Design Varieties
for the
Buffalo Nickel

Details of the design changes can be found in this MSWord file.

ODV-001 (LIBERTY in Low Relief)	Philadelphia	Denver	San Francisco	Proof
	1913 1914 1915	1913-D 1914-D 1915-D	1913-S 1914-S 1915-S	1913 1914 1915

ODV-002 (LIBERTY in Medium Relief)	Philadelphia	Denver	San Francisco	Proof
	1916 1917 1918 1919	1916-D 1917-D 1918-D 1919-D	1916-S 1917-S 1918-S 1919-S

ODV-003 (Thicker, Straighter Left Ribbon)	Philadelphia	Denver	San Francisco	Proof
	1920 1924	1920-D 1924-D	1920-S 1924-S
Photo Courtesy of Heritage Auctions
ODV-004 (Enhanced Lower Hair and Ribbon Knot)	Philadelphia	Denver	San Francisco	Proof
	1921		1921-S
Photo Courtesy of Heritage Auctions
ODV-005 (Straighter Left Ribbon)	Philadelphia	Denver	San Francisco	Proof
	1923		1923-S

ODV-006 (Straighter Left Ribbon)	Philadelphia	Denver	San Francisco	Proof
	1925	1925-D	1925-S
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ODV-007 (Wide Curved Ribbon with Overlapping Digit)	Philadelphia	Denver	San Francisco	Proof
	1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1934 1936 1937	1926-D 1927-D 1928-D 1929-D 1934-D 1936-D 1937-D	1926-S 1927-S 1928-S 1929-S 1930-S 1936-S 1937-S	1936 1937

ODV-008 (Middle of the Left Ribbon is Thin but Complete)	Philadelphia	Denver	San Francisco	Proof
			1931-S

ODV-009 (Middle of the Left Ribbon is Strengthened, but Thin, Complete)	Philadelphia	Denver	San Francisco	Proof
	1935	1935-D 1938-D	1935-S

Red = Ex. Rare, Blue = Rare, Pink = Scarce