The American Gold Buffalo is one of the newest annual bullion products from the United States Mint. Introduced in 2006 as the first .9999 pure 24-karat gold coins from the US Mint, the program followed many of the tenets of American coin design in the modern era. The US Mint revived a classic design from the early 20th century for use on this bullion product. Right now, JM Bullion offers random year Gold Buffalo Coins for purchase by investors and collectors.
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The American Gold Buffalo is one of the newest annual bullion products from the United States Mint. Introduced in 2006 as the first .9999 pure 24-karat gold coins from the US Mint, the program followed many of the tenets of American coin design in the modern era. The US Mint revived a classic design from the early 20th century for use on this bullion product. Right now, JM Bullion offers random year Gold Buffalo Coins for purchase by investors and collectors.
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American Gold Buffalo coins were created by the United States Mint as a means of competing with bullion coins from other sovereign mints struck in 24-karat gold. The official gold bullion coin of the United States, the American Gold Eagle, is popular around the globe, but is produced in 22-karat gold rather than 24-karat gold.
James Earle Fraser’s 1913 Indian Head Nickel design was chosen for the obverse and reverse face of the Gold Buffalo program. Fraser was a native of Winona, Minnesota, and grew up on the American frontier in the late 19th century. The images he chose for the nation’s new five-cent piece reflected his vision of the American West.
On the obverse face of each coin is the left-profile image of a Native American chieftain, which was created by Fraser by combining the facial features of three real-world tribal leaders. An engraving of Liberty and the year of the issue are featured on this side.
The reverse includes a depiction of Black Diamond, a resident bison at New York City’s Central Park Zoo in the early 20th century. The massive creature dominates the obverse face, with engravings of United States of America, E Pluribus Unum, In God We Trust, and the coins weight, purity, metal content, and face value surrounding it.