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The E-Sylum: Volume 6, Number 42, October 19, 2003, Article 13 DISCOVERER OF THE THREE-LEGGED BUFFALO NICKEL Responding to last week's quiz question, Ron Guth (owner of the CoinFacts website) submitted the following from his site (http://www.coinfacts.com): "...discovered sometime between 1937 and 1939 by C.F. "Cowboy" Franzen of Billings, Montana. Originally, this variety was believed to have been caused by a filled die, but later researchers suggest that a press operator named "Mr. Young" created the variety when he ground the die down with an emery stick to remove clash marks in the die. On genuine examples, the bison appears to be urinating, the hind legs of the bison appear to be moth-eaten, and the front foreleg is missing, even though the hoof remains." Your Editor found the following on the Southern Idaho Coin Club web page: "Ivan Fitzwater was one of the founders of the club - his name will always be remembered as the discoverer of the "three-legged" Buffalo nickel." http://www.money.org/clubs/sicc/ So - can anyone else weigh in on the topic? What records are in the literature to confirm either of these claims? Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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