The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 29, July 18, 2004, Article 33

FEATURED WEB PAGE

  This week's featured web page is a biography of artist James
  Earle Fraser, designer of the original U.S. Buffalo Nickel,
  from American National Biography Online, "the premier
  biographical work on people from all eras who have influenced
  and shaped American history and culture."

  "In 1911 Secretary of the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh
  asked Fraser to design a coin to replace the Liberty Head
  nickel. The sculptor's goal was "to achieve a coin which would
  be truly American, that could not be confused with the
  currency of any other country." The result was the Indian head
  and buffalo nickel. Fraser also created several other medallic
  designs, including the Victory Medal (1919), which was
  distributed to more than four million World War I veterans,
  and the Navy Cross, which in prestige is second only to the
  Congressional Medal of Honor."

  Featured Page

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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