he design work of the Buffalo nickel has become one of the most famous in the history of United States coinage. People who have never collected at all still know it in some way, possibly from worn versions that have been worked into jewelry, possibly from seeing the design mounted in some other decorative platform. Whatever the case, James Earle Fraser’s image is an extremely well-known one throughout our world. Collecting an entire date and mintmark run can be an expensive challenge, and even a simple date run will have its costs. So it might seem like the proverbial “impossible
