Wooden Nickel - Stoughton Coin Club ND

Reverse

Native American portrait (lettering above) within a circle. It seems very likely that the portrait is modeled after James Earle Fraser's iconic design for the obverse of the United States "Buffalo Nickel," which was produced from 1913 to 1938.

Script: Latin

Lettering: WOODEN NICKEL

Designer: James Earle Fraser

Edge

Plain

Comment

This wooden nickel shares a similar (if not the same) reverse design with a number of other wooden nickels.