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The Intriguing Stories behind Five American icons
The Bufflo Nickel(水牛头镍币）
Today's American coinage salutes the immortals of U.S.government--FDR.Lincoln,Jefferson,Washington.But the buffalo nickel,minted from 1913 to 1938,paid homepage to a pair of entwened American tragedies-the destruction of the bison herds and the American Indians.
While white models had been used for most Indianhead coins,famed sculptor James Fraser bucked tradition by choosing three actual American Indians for his creation.One was Two Moons of the Cheynenne,the second was Iron Tail of the Sioux,and the third's identity is uncertain but may have been big Tree of the kiowa.
For the other side,since bison no longer roamed the plains,Fraser was forced to sketch an aging buffalo,Black Diamond.Two years later,in 1915,Black Diamond was sold for $100 and slaughtered for meat,a hide robe and a trophy. |
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