A collection American Nickels of the 20th Century coin set of twenty nine five cent pieces. The coins are adorned with embossed profile portraits. The collection includes a Buffalo Nickel or Indian Head nickel is a five cent piece that was struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938 and was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser, adorned with an American bison on the reverse; a group of Jefferson nickels, the five cent coins struck by the United States Mint since 1938, when it replaced the Buffalo nickel, from 1938 until 2004, the copper nickel coins obverse featured a profile depiction of founding father and third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson by artist Felix Schlag; a group of 1976 George Washington Bicentennial Quarter coins. American Nickels Coins Collectibles and Numismatic Oddities.