Black Diamond (buffalo): Difference between revisions

'''Black Diamond''' was a buffalo or [[American Bison|North American bison]], housed at Central Park Menagerie ([[Central Park Zoo]]); according to legend, it was the model for the US [[Indian Head nickel|buffalo nickel]] coin introduced in 1913, designed and sculpted by American sculptor [[James Earle Fraser (sculptor)|James Earle Fraser]] in 1911.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Buffalo Nickel|author=Taylor Morrison|publisher=Walter Lorraine Books|year=2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Gathering of animals: An Unconventional History of the New York Zoological Society|author=William Bridges |publisher=Harper & Row:145-149|year=1974}}</ref>