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1 Dollar (Lafayette) , United States
1900

Obverse

Reverse
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Obverse
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
* UNITED · STATES · OF · AMERICA * LAFAYETTE · DOLLAR
Reverse
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
* ERECTED · BY · THE · YOUTH · OF · THE · UNITED · STATES · IN · HONOR · OF · GEN · LAFAYETTE * PARIS * 1900
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Obverse: The design taken from the 1913 Indian Head or Buffalo Nickel. A Composite profile of Iron Tail, an Oglala Sioux chief, Two Moons, a Cheyenne chief, and Big Tree, a Kiowa chief., Reverse: The design taken from the 1913 Indian Head or Buffalo Nickel. According to the legend, the buffalo used as a model for this coin was "Black Diamond" (1893-1915), a famous buffalo at the Central Park zoo in New York City.





