Lot 1329
1919-S. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. CAC Approved. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Lovely toning on both sides. Well struck for this date. From high production to low, if 1916-18 witnessed enhanced minting hours to strike the requisite number of coins required for boom-time conditions, things changed after the war. The end of World War I (Nov. 1918) came with a far-reaching reduction in Nickel five-cent piece manufacture at both the Denver and San Francisco Mints in 1919. As far as the former facility is concerned, the total number of coins delivered that year amounted to a scarcely more than 8 million pieces. This reduced mintage, when combined with wide circulation, give explanation to why the 1919-D is scarce in all but the most worn grades. Add to that, the '19-D is also one of the more challenging Buffalo Nickels to locate with any degree of striking detail. A little less sharp than the preceding 1919-D, yet this 1919-S when assigned to its proper place in the Buffalo Nickel hierarchy, belongs in a museum-class or Registry Set, without question. Full dancing luster on satiny nickel-silver surfaces. A touch of weakness is seen at the bison's hair and horn on the reverse, but here it is probably that the dies were spaced just far enough apart to prevent stronger metal flow in that area; the obverse details are similarly outstanding. Struck with systematic exactness throughout for this elusive issue. Pop 31; 3 finer, 1 in 65+, 2 in 66 (PCGS # 3943)
Note: The proliferation of worn Nickel dies in the San Francisco Mint during the late 1910s -- and the lack of inhibition among employees at that facility from using those dies -- explain why the 1919-S is one of the most difficult issues to find well produced in the Buffalo series. Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000
The Gerald Forsythe Duplicate Buffalo Nickel Collection.
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