Buffalo Nickel Value and What Dealers Pay
The buffalo nickel value chart clearly shows the higher price dealers pay for higher condition coins. In some cases the difference is huge.
BUFFALO NICKEL FIVE CENTS (1913-1938)
SUB-TYPE ONE - "FIVE CENTS" ON MOUND (1913 ONLY)
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Buffalo nickels too anatomically correct?
A few e-mails are going around claiming that U.S. buffalo nickels are being recalled because the bison depicted is anatomically correct.
It's not true.
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No Buffalo nickels were made in 1922, 1932 and 1933. Some 5,967 matte proofs were made from 1913 through 1916, and 10,189 brilliant proofs in 1936 and 1937.
During the entire run of Buffalo Nickels, the ONE in the date, regardless of its' location, was always represented as a straight up and down line with no serifs, or protrusions.
The Buffalo Nickel
The Buffalo Nickel was first introduced in 1913 and was minted every year through 1938 except for the years 1922, 1932 and 1933. Coins were struck at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints and over 1.
The Buffalo Nickel was produced from 1913 to 1938. This U.S. coin is also known as the Indian head nickel. Mint marks for the coins are on the reverse, beneath the words Five Cents.
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Buffalo Nickels (1913-1938)
In 1913 the nickel five-cent piece was redesigned, and James E. Fraser's Indian motif took the place of the Liberty issue.
Buffalo nickel: the popular 5 Cent piece with an Indian Head on the front and a buffalo on the back, issued from 1913 to 1938.
bulged die: a coin with wavy, concave or convex surfaces caused by a defective stamp.
Buffalo nickel: More properly: Indian Head 5-cent coin.
bullion: Uncoined precious metal in the form of bars, plates, ingots and other items.
bullion coin: A precious metal coin traded at the current bullion price plus a slight premium.
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buffalo nickel: More properly: Indian Head 5-cent piece.
buffalo: See bison.
bullion coin: A precious metal coin traded at the current bullion price.
Buffalo nickel Slang for the Indian Head nickel struck from 1913 to 1938. The animal depicted is an American Bison.
1914 Buffalo Nickel PR-65 PCGS
This is a flawless example of a beautiful design.
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When the Indian Head or Buffalo nickel was introduced in 1913, it became popular among coin engravers. The big Indian head was a radical departure from previous designs, and would not be seen on any subsequent coins.
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Buffalo Nickel
Nickname given to the Indian Head five cent coin of 1913-1938.
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- slang used to indicate one eighth of a dollar. In early days of the USA the Spanish Milled Dollar (pillar dollar or 8 reales) circulated.
Worse than this, they have adroitly transmogrified our beloved Buffalo Nickel into an "Indian head five-cent coin" (there being no such animal as a "nickel" in America's pantheon of coinage).
Buffalo Nickels - on the reverse side under the words "five cents".
Jefferson Nickels - on the reverse side at the right of the building from 1938 to 1981, except when the composition was changed to include silver.
Collect the Gold Buffalo coin, which features images borrowed from the Indian Head, also known as the Buffalo nickel.
The design of the $50 gold coins is a replica of the popular Buffalo Nickel minted from 1913 to 1938, featuring the image of an American bison one side, and an American Indian on the other.
Indian Head The preferred name for the 5-cent coin often called Buffalo nickel. Indian Head cents, gold dollars, gold $3 coins, $5 half eagles, $10 eagles and $20 double eagles exist. See also eagle.
More than likely, your Buffalo nickel had a date but the date has worn away through circulation. The date on a Buffalo nickel is located on the front (obverse) of the coin on the shoulder of the Indian.
For a Buffalo nickel to be "fine," three-quarters of the horn must show. If all the horn shows on a Buffalo nickel, it is at least "very fine." Here again, a good guidebook will give you a start knowing this.
Its design comes from the buffalo nickel which was issued from 1913 to 1938 inclusive. Both obverse and reverse of the new coin are modelled closely on its original, and much-loved five cent predecessor.
When the buffalo nickel was first issued in 1913 the hobo nickel soon followed.
Three-legger Variety of 1937-D Buffalo Nickel. After one set of dies clashed together damaging themselves, the mint technician accidentally ground off the buffalo's foreleg when he tried to repair it.
Perhaps the best comparison to these coins is the famed 1937-D Three-Legged Buffalo Nickel, a variety caused by over polishing of a single die.
I gave each of the kids a Redbook and about 10 sample coins, including a G/VG Buffalo Nickel, Indian Cent, and Standing Liberty Quarter.
The Buffalo Nickel, the predecessor to the Jefferson Nickel, was retired as soon
as the law permitted under the Act of September 25, 1890, and no one seems to
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For instance, there are two varieties of Buffalo Nickel and Standing Liberty Quarter. These are well-known and the Red Book, etc., identify them. The grading standards are the same for both varieties.
The first image shows the forelegs of the buffalo on a 1937-D Buffalo Nickel graded PCGS VF-25 3 Legs. The leftmost leg of the 3 legged buffalo is almost completely missing.
Mixed, Average Circulated Indian, Head/Buffalo Nickels Rolls. This is one of the most popular collector series. Cheap at this price: @ $24.90
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The half eagles being minted that year had more in common with Buffalo nickels than size: Both carried portraits of realistic-looking American Indians.
Hobo Nickel - A coin (usually a U.S. Buffalo nickel) re-engraved to produce a different image.
Holder - A device designed for storage and/or display of numismatic items.
Holed - Having a hole drilled through it, usually for jewelry use.
Hobo Nickel - A coin (usually a U.S. Buffalo nickel) physically altered to produce a substantially different image.
Holed - Having a hole drilled through it, usually as a result of being used for jewelry.
James Fraser used three different Indian Chiefs as models to create the composite profile on the obverse of the Indian Head Nickel (also called the Buffalo nickel).
By 1924 it was clear that the date was wearing off much too quickly reminiscent of the Buffalo nickel. This time the services of George T. Morgan were enlisted to modify the design.
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Series - a continuous run of coins of the same type, such as the Buffalo Nickel series of 1913-38
Slab - a slang term for an encapsulated coin
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Three Legger
Name for the famous three-legged variety of Buffalo nickels minted in 1937 at the Denver Mint.
Thumbing
An older method of hiding a surface disorder by using one's thumb to place a film on the surface of a coin.
Series - One coin of each year issued from each mint of a specific design an denomination, e.g., Buffalo Nickels 1913-1938.
Siege Pieces - Emergency coins struck during battle, also called obsidional coins or money of necessity.
3-legged. Additional images show a 1200dpi magnification of the front legs as compared to an ANACS MS64 1937-D buffalo nickel.
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Buffalo nickel) carved or otherwise modified into a substantially different design holed Having a hole drilled or punched through it, ...
The coins are also quite accessible to the average collector as many fine examples covering a variety of dates are available. In total, more than 1.2 billion were struck between 1913 and 1938. Buffalo Nickels are also regarded as good luck pieces by ...
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- Historic Design - The incredibly popular designs of the American Buffalo on one side and the bust of an Indian Chief on the other were adapted from classic Buffalo Nickels of the early 1900s. These coins very popular with U.S. coin collectors today.
A dense patch of lines caused by the rubber wheel of a counting machine where the wheel was set with insufficient spacing for the selected coin. Many coins have been subjected to counting machines - among these are Mercury dimes, Buffalo nickels, ...
What amazed me was the fact that I could put together a collection of small Constantine bronze coins at less of a price then Buffalo Nickels. It boggled the mind.
On American circulating coinage there are three such instances, the gold quarter eagles and half eagles from the period 1908-1929, and the Buffalo nickel series minted from 1913-1938.
Many people collect fair condition coins, especially the rarer dates and types. Dateless buffalo nickels, for example, are still worth about a dime. Some of the earlier type coins may be worth $50 or more in fair condition.
In these grades, between Good and Fine, a coin has slightly more detail than in Good, usually with full rims except on certain series such as Buffalo nickels. vest pocket dealer A part-time coin merchant.
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