Buffalo Nickels

The 1916 Doubled Die Buffalo Nickel: The Only DDO Five-Cent Rarity That Hid for 46 Years The 1916 Doubled Die Buffalo Nickel has everything collectors...

A rare bronze window into James Earle Fraser’s 1913 Buffalo nickel Stack’s Bowers Galleries sold a remarkable bas-relief bronze galvano of James Earle Fraser’s reverse...

1937-D 3-Legged Buffalo Nickel: Value, History, and the $84,000 Stack’s Bowers Specimen By CoinWeek Notes The 1937-D 3-Legged Buffalo Nickel ranks among the most famous modern...

A Stunning Mint Error Emerges from a Long-Held Collection In late 2025, a remarkable discovery surfaced from an old-time mint error collection. Among several rare...

1913 Buffalo Nickel Type 1 Collector’s Guide The 1913 Buffalo Nickel Type 1 marks a turning point in American coinage. It replaced the Liberty Head...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .... Nickel production at the San Francisco Mint fell to 1.2 million coins in 1931, marking the lowest output of the denomination...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Buffalo or Indian Head Nickels, designed by James Earle Fraser, have been popular with collectors...

But first - if you're looking for more than Buffalo Nickels, then the Sunday, May 4 Online Auction from DLRC (David Lawrence Rare Coins)...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1938-D Buffalo Nickel was the last issue in the Buffalo Nickel series that had started in 1913. Production began in...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ....   The strike quality of the 1916 Buffalo Nickel was an improvement over previous issues as the United States Mint prepared...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Buffalo Nickels were struck as Proofs in the series' first four years and the final two. Other than the notation...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   1914 was the second year of James Earle Fraser's Buffalo Nickel design. After a substantial post-release reworking in 1913, only...

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC), and the Dark Side Group ......   As I have in all my previous CoinWeek “Dark Corner” articles,...

By CoinWeek ....   A gorgeous, lightly toned PCGS Proof-68 example of the popular Type 1 1913 Buffalo Nickel is currently being offered by GreatCollections, with...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   With 1,505,000 coins struck, the 1915-S Buffalo Nickel boasts the fifth-lowest mintage of the Indian...