AWESOME 1 OZ GERMAN SILVER "USA BUFFALO/INDIAN HEAD" PROOF COIN X 2



The Native American Depiction On The Coins Obverse Is Believed To Be Based On Three Different American Indians. Two Of The American Indians Who Modeled For Fraser As He Sculpted The Coin Were Named By The Designer Before His Death. They Were Chief Iron Tail Of The Lakota Sioux And Chief Two Moons Of The Cheyenne. Although Many Have Claimed To Have Had A Sitting With Fraser For This Design, He Could Not Recall The Name Of The Third Person, And Satisfactory Documentation Has Not Yet Been Found To Identify That Individual. It Is Widely Believed That The Bison On The Coin'S Reverse Was Modeled After Black Diamond, A Popular Attraction At The New York Zoological Gardens.

German Silver Also Known As Nickel Silver Is A Copper Alloy With Nickel And Often Zinc. The Usual Formulation Is 60 % Copper, 20 % Nickel And 20 % Zinc. Nickel Silver/German Silver Is Named For Its Silvery Appearance, But It Contains No Silver Element Unless Plated. The Name "German Silver" Refers To Its Development By 19Th Century German Metal Workers In Imitation Of The Chinese Alloy Known As Paktong (Cupronickel) German Silver Has Many Uses For Example In Early Automobiles Such As The 1907 Famous Rolls-Royce "Silver Ghost", Many Jewelry Applications, Coins Production And Much More.





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