Tag: Buffalo Nickels
1937-D “3-Legged” Buffalo Nickel : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The famous 1937-D “3-Legged” Buffalo Nickel is one of the most important modern U.S. coins and probably the most well-known type...
1916 Buffalo Nickel : A Collector’s Guide
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...
From the Dark Corner: An Authenticated “Contemporary Counterfeit” Buffalo Nickel
By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC), and the Dark Side Group ...... As I have in all my previous CoinWeek “Dark Corner” articles,...
Gorgeous Proof 68 1913 Type 1 Buffalo Nickel Offered at GreatCollections
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...
1915-S Buffalo Nickel : A Collector’s Guide
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...
1938-D Buffalo Nickel : A Collector’s Guide
The 1938-D Buffalo nickel was the last issue in the Buffalo nickel series that had started in 1913. Production began in January and ended...
Stack’s Bowers Spring 2024 Rarities Night Preview – Minor Coins
By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek ..... On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, Stack's Bowers will conduct its Rarities Night sale of the Spring 2024 Showcase Auction...
Buffalo Nickel, Type 2 (1913-1938) | CoinWeek
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Buffalo or Indian Head nickels have been a popular series with collectors since the start...
Buffalo Nickel, Type 1 (1913) | CoinWeek
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Type 1 Buffalo Nickel surplanted the Liberty Head nickel design of Charles E. Barber...
David Lawrence Rare Coins Offers Key Date 1926-S Buffalo Nickel
The October 15 Online Auction from David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) is now active and features over 400 lots that include 150 special No...
1931-S Buffalo Nickel – A Collector’s Guide | CoinWeek
Nickel production at the San Francisco Mint fell to 1.2 million coins in 1931, marking the lowest output of the denomination since 1926 and...
United States Proof Coins Volume II: Nickel Book Released
United States Proof Coins Volume II: Nickel, the second in a series of four important reference books on U.S. Proof coins authored by acclaimed...
Guess the Grade of This 1924-D Buffalo Nickel
* * * Today we are looking at a 1924-D Buffalo nickel. Can you guess the grade? But first, last week we had you look at...
Counterfeit Detection: Altered 1926-D Buffalo Nickel
By Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ...... In 1926, the Denver Mint struck some 5.6 million Buffalo nickels, which is nearly six times the San Francisco...
No-Date Buffalo Nickels: How to Find Their Value
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ...... It's quite common to find Buffalo nickels that are dateless—missing the four digits that indicate the year the coin...
Unique Gold Buffalo Nickel Sells for $400,000
By Mike Byers ...... A unique gold Buffalo Nickel has been sold by Mike Byers Inc for $400,000 USD to the JDG Trust, owner of...
Jim Bisognani: Celebrating National Coin Week with Classic US Coins
The theme of this year’s event is “Dynamic Designs, Artistic Masterpieces." By Jim Bisognani – NGC Weekly Market Report ...... This morning, as I emerged from...
Counterfeit Coin Detection – 1918/7-D Buffalo Nickel
Counterfeit 1918/7-D Buffalo Nickel Altered Date and Added Mintmark - The 1918/7-D Buffalo Nickel is often altered, but diagnostics can aid in finding the counterfeits. There...
Top Pop 1935-S Buffalo Nickel Featured in Stack’s Bowers June Costa Mesa Auction
By James McCartney – Senior Numismatist, Stack’s Bowers ...... Produced toward the end of the Buffalo nickel series and with a relatively generous mintage of...
$250 Buffalo Nickel / Liberty “V” Nickel Grab Bag
By CoinWeek ..... In this episode of CoinWeek Streaming News, CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan cracks open a bag of over 100 mixed date Buffalo and...
Recenty Discovered Key Date 1926-S Buffalo Nickel Offered by GreatCollections
By CoinWeek .... Sometimes when a collector is about to set the seal on finding a great rarity in the wild, a discovery like this...
Top Pop CAC 1914/3 Buffalo Nickel Offered by GreatCollections
By CoinWeek .... On Sunday, December 13, bidding ends on GreatCollections.com for this Toned 1914/(3) Buffalo nickel, graded MS-66 by PCGS in a gold shield...
Understanding the 1938-D D Over S Buffalo Nickel Variety
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ...... The Buffalo Nickel series, running from 1913 through 1938 and designed by James Earle Fraser, yields many rare and...
Keys to Collecting the Buffalo Nickel and Other Nickels
By Bullion Shark LLC ...... The five-cent coin was born in the aftermath of the Civil War when copper, silver and gold coinage had been...
Counterfeit Coin Detection: 1924-S Buffalo Nickel
Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ......... The 1924-S Buffalo Nickel is a prime target for counterfeiters. In particular, sharp-eyed graders will pay close...
Collecting Short Sets – Four Ideal Short Sets for Collectors of US Coins
Short Set Collecting Strategies by Adrian Chacon for PCGS ...... Collecting Short sets of coins that represents a portion of an entire series. There is...
Top Pop 1935 Buffalo Nickel in NGC MS-68 Offered by GreatCollections
By CoinWeek .... As part of its last auction for the year, bidding ends on Sunday, December 29 at GreatCollections.com for this 1935 Buffalo nickel,...
Classic US Coins – Building a Set of Buffalo Nickels at Very Low Cost
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, markets, and coin collecting #396 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds ..... With more than two...
Summer Shines on Baltimore Whitman Expo
Whitman Expo - Delaware Couple Hunting Buffalos in Blue Moon; Gold in a Quagmire? By Jim Bisognani - NGC Contributor ........ According to the calendar, summer...
The Epic $100 Nickel Roll Search
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for CoinWeek.com ...... I’ve been picking through nickel rolls for years. I searched through my first roll of nickels in 1993, when I...