Double Dated 1938 Nickel Collection

On rare occasions, the United States Mint ends one coin denomination design in the same year that its replacement design is introduced. This collection includes three such instances; it features both the last of the old design and the first of the new design, with both coins bearing the same year date.

Includes: 1938 Buffalo Nickel, designed by James Earle Fraser, depicting the iconic American Bison on the reverse.

1938 Jefferson Nickel, the Buffalo nickel had long been difficult to coin, and after it completed the 25-year term during which it could only be replaced by Congress, the Mint moved quickly to replace it with a new design.