The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 42, October 19, 2003, Article 13

DISCOVERER OF THE THREE-LEGGED BUFFALO NICKEL

  Responding to last week's quiz question, Ron Guth (owner of
  the CoinFacts website) submitted the following from his site
  (http://www.coinfacts.com):

  "...discovered sometime between 1937 and 1939 by C.F.
  "Cowboy" Franzen of Billings, Montana.  Originally, this
  variety was believed to have been caused by a filled die, but
  later researchers suggest that a press operator named "Mr.
  Young" created the variety when he ground the die down
  with an emery stick to remove clash marks in the die.  On
  genuine examples, the bison appears to be urinating, the hind
  legs of the bison appear to be moth-eaten, and the front foreleg
  is missing, even though the hoof remains."

  Your Editor found the following on the Southern Idaho Coin
  Club web page: "Ivan Fitzwater was one of the founders of the
  club - his name will always be remembered as the discoverer of
  the "three-legged" Buffalo nickel."
  http://www.money.org/clubs/sicc/

  So - can anyone else weigh in on the topic?  What records
  are in the literature to confirm either of these claims?

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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