2001 Silver Buffalo Proof in Wood Box

This coin was so popular with collectors that it sold out at the U.S. Mint within days of its release!  Ten years later the Buffalo Silver Dollar is still one of the most popular and sought-after modern U.S. coins.  It was minted from .900 fine silver.

Modeled after the classic 1913-1938 Buffalo Nickel, the front depicts a composite portrait of three different Indian chiefs: Iron Tail (a Sioux who fought against Custer at Little Bighorn and who was a star in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show), Two Moons (a Cheyenne who also fought at Little Bighorn), and John Big Tree (a Seneca).  The reverse features a stunning image of a buffalo.  The model was Black Diamond from the New York Zoological Gardens.  A massive animal, Black Diamond was a great attraction at the zoo - and when he died, an entrepreneur bought him and offered “Black Diamond Steaks” to the public for $2 a pound!

A mere 272,869 Proof Buffalo Silver Dollars were struck in 2001, making this a coin collectors still crave to this very day.  Proof coins are unlike regular U.S. coins because they are struck at least twice on highly polished coin blanks to bring out the mirrored background and high-relief images.  A free oak display box accompanies each coin

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