Buffalo Nickel

Nickels · 1913–1938

1921 Buffalo Nickel

Designer

James Earle Fraser

Composition

75% copper, 25% nickel

Diameter

21.2 mm

Mass

5 g

Thickness

1.9 mm

Edge

Plain

Mints

Philadelphia, San Francisco

Metal

Nickel

Mintage

1921-P · Philadelphia

10,663,000

1921-S · San Francisco

1,557,000