2011 American Buffalo Gold Proof Coin For Sale
These one ounce, .9999 fine 24-karat gold coins are the sixth issue in the series that started in 2006. They feature the same basic design by James Earle Fraser as the 1913 circulating nickel known by most as either the "Indian Head Nickel" or the "Buffalo Nickel." The obverse has a portrait of a Native American, and the reverse depicts an American buffalo. An excerpt from a page on the United States Mint’s website reveals the models for the coin’s design:
"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."
The coins are popular for many collectors. A few days before the United States Mint released the 2011 American Buffalo Gold, it stopped selling the 2010-dated proof version which launched on June 3 . The latest sales figures indicate 49,374 had sold as of Sunday, May 15.
The gold piece should not be confused with the sister or companion investment-grade 2011 Buffalo Gold bullion coin which has been on the market since March 14, 2011 . The Mint sells these coins through its network of Authorized Purchasers, who in turn resell them to coin dealers, precious metal providers and/or directly to the public. The United States Mint offers its collector proof coins directly to the public.
There are several other differences between the bullion coins produced for investors and the proof coins minted for collectors. Among the most noticeable is the coin’s finish. Proofs are carefully produced with dies that have been polished to a mirror finish and frosted design, and the "W" mint mark appears on the obverse to the left of the neck of the Chief. Bullion coins do not carry mint marks nor have the mirror-like finish.
Price may be a concern for certain buyers, especially since gold has hit record highs during 2011. In fact, this year’s Buffalo is starting with a record high initial price. On top of that, its price is subject to change each Wednesday since the Mint bases its numismatic gold coin prices on the London Fix weekly average price of gold. The current price is based on a gold range of between $1,450.00 and $1,499.99 an ounce. If the average market value of the precious metal moves outside of this range, the United States Mint will adjust the coin price by $50.
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Portraits from North American Indian Life / photographed by Edward S. Curtis (BBS Publishing, 1992) Hardcover, 176 p. ISBN 9781579126803
Portraits from North American Indian Life presents 88 photographs and photogravures selected from The North American Indian, a mammoth photographic project undertaken by Edward S. Curtis and published in 20 volumes between 1907 and 1930. Curtis helped popularize the once prevalent view that the Indians represented a vanishing race. Now we recognize that each tribe has its own unique history, culture, and customs, and that they won’t disappear. Their lifestyle before the expansion of white culture across the continent has pretty much disappeared, though, and Curtis was able to document it before it did.
Curtis set up a photography business in Seattle, Washington in 1891 when it was still a frontier town. Chief Sealth of the Salish tribe had surrendered the Puget Sound area in 1855, and the town was named for him. When Curtis started his business, Sealth’s daughter and other people from the tribe still frequented Seattle. Curtis became the town’s leading portrait photographer, and also loved to take pictures of city scenes, Mt. Rainier, and local Indians. Seattle’s position as a leading port city also enabled Curtis to travel and seek other subjects.
His Indian photographs won national prizes, and as he visited more tribes and learned more about them, he conceived a project to document their vanishing lifestyle. A grant from financier J. P. Morgan enabled him to do the fieldwork necessary for the project, which included not only formal portraits and candid photos, but oral histories, language data, and musical transcriptions.
Although anthropologists and Native American leaders have found much to criticize in Curtis’ methods and cultural assumptions, they continue to value The North American Indian. It appears that Curtis’ work is more widely known now than it ever was in his lifetime. Several calendars with his Indian portraits have been issued. The first edition of Portraits from North American Indian Life appeared in 1972 as an adjunct to a retrospective exhibition of Curtis’ work. The present reprint appeared in 1992 and has only lately become available on remainder.
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