The Complete Guide to Buffalo Nickels. by Lange, David W - 1992.

Virginia Beach, Virginia:: DLRC Press, 1992.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound; some scuffing to the cover, otherwise in Very Good condition.. 11 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide . Appendices. Description: Many black and white illustrations. From the author's foreword: ''The boldness of James Earle Fraser's designs and the uniquely American quality of the subjects portrayed have made the Buffalo Nickel the most familiar obsolete United States coin to both numismatists and the general public. Although Buffalo Nickels have not been minted for more than 50 years, they still play a role in American culture used in the fashioning of Native American and Western style jewelry. Countless other Buffalo Nickels have been reborn in a quite different form of folk art -- the so called 'hobo nickel'. Almost from its inception, the nameless Indian's portrait has attracted would-be sculptors. Using the simplest of tools, the Michelangelos of the open road reshaped his profile into flappers and fools, soldiers and saints, bon vivants and bums. Among the latter were many self portraits. When sold at a modest profit, these coins afforded the small luxuries of a hobo's life. In addition to such 'mutilated' nickels, thousands of coins survive as dateless relics of a fondly remembered past.''