Lot 940
1911. Cent Indian Head Obverse Electro. . J-C 1911-1. PCGS graded MS-63. PCGS holder 07432555. First we have seen. Pop 1; no other examples graded at PCGS. Plated in Judd appendix, page 317. " Obverse of Indian head as on the nickel five-cent piece of 1913. Copper-plated white metal electrotype by James Earle Fraser"
Pollock-5150. The obverse has an Indian Head right, the design used two years later for the obverse of the buffalo nickels, with the 1911 date almost as an afterthourht squeezed in tightly below the chin. The reverse is blank. Following the method for production of electrotypes, the copper shell with the Indian design was made from a wax matrix, then the shell was filled with lead or a similar soft filler metal. This was James Earle Fraser's design originally meant for a one-cent piece. A must for the Buffalo Head Nickel collector.
Estimated Value $45,000 - 50,000.
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