英语翻译TheBuffaloNickelwasfirstmintedforregularuseinU.S.coinagein1913andbecameverypopularwiththegeneralpublic.ThecoinwasdesignedbyJamesEarleFraser,anotedartistwithakeeninterestinnativeculture.Hisinitial"F"a

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　　TheBuffaloNickelwasfirstmintedforregularuseinU.S.coinagein1913andbecameverypopularwiththegeneralpublic.ThecoinwasdesignedbyJamesEarleFraser,anotedartistwithakeeninterestinnativeculture.Hisinitial"F"appearsbelowthedateonthecoin.ThedesigndepictsarealisticportraitofanAmericanIndianontheobverseofthecoinalongwiththeword"Liberty"alongtherim.ThereverseofthecoinfeaturesamagnificentbuffaloandthewordsFIVECENTSonaraisedmoundonwhichthebuffalostands.ThecoinisuniqueinasmuchasnootherregularissueU.S.coinhaseverfeaturedananimal(otherthantheeagle)asapartofitsmaindesign.TheBuffaloNickelismadeof75%copperand25%nickelandthecoinisabout21mmindiameter.ThefirstBuffaloNickelsmintedin1913wereoriginallystruckwithadesignthathadthebuffalostandingonamound.ThesearereferredtoasType1coins.Duetosomeproductionproblemswiththisraiseddesign,thedesignwaschangedandallfuturecoinsfeaturedthebuffalostandingonaflatplain.CoinswiththislatterdesignarereferredtoasType2coins.BuffaloNickelscontinuedtobemintedannuallyafter1913until1938-withtheexceptionoftheyears1922,1932and1933.Over1billionofthesecoinsweremintedduringthistimeatvariousmintfacilitiesincludingthePhiladelphia,Denver,andSanFranciscomints.ThemintmarkcanbefoundonthereverseofthecoinunderthewordsFIVECENTS.TherarestBuffaloNickelisthe1918/7-Doverdate.Alsoscarceisthefamous1937D"threelegged"variety.Thisvarietywasstruckwithafaultydiethatremovedthebuffalo'sfrontleg.OtherhardtofinddatesincludetheType21913DandtheType21913S.Verycommondates(exceptforafewvarieties)aretheBuffaloNickelsmintedfrom1932to1938.Forreasonsthatarenotentirelyclear,BuffaloNickelsmadepriorto1930arequitescarceinuncirculatedcondition.