The obverse features a cadaverous Black Diamond, the model of James Earle Fraser’s Indian Head Nickel (1913-1938). The once massive bison now roams the earth with bones tearing through his mangled and decaying skin. His fur deteriorates with each passing day.

The diseased buffalo is centered on each silver round. He is surrounded by inscriptions of THE AMERICAN ZOMBUFF, 2018 and Z FIFTY. The denomination is spelled out to pay homage to the Indian Head Nickel’s written value of FIVE CENTS.