Values of currency Buffalo Nickels are listed in table below. All Buffalo Nickels (also called Indian Head Nickels) who have a readable date are worth at least seven times their face value (thirty-five cents), unless they are almost completely worn out or badly damaged. Buffalo Nickels without dates are not generally collectible unless clearly show a type of rare varieties, as the "three-legged Buffalo," but even then their value is greatly reduced. Some Buffalo Nickels, called key dates, are hundreds, even thousands of times from face value! Find out how your Buffalo Nickels are worth of value in this table. Note that these are guidelines. To get the current prices of today's market, you must contact a dealer of currency.
Prices in this table are about what a dealer will give you for coins grade medium type typically found in old shoe boxes, vases, Whitman folders, reseller "lots undifferentiated", etc. (image above for an example of "middle grade.") If coins are still identifying, or very little wear, the value might be 10 to 12 times higher or more. The mint mark, if the currency is one, is just under five cents on the back.
Buffalo nickel values (in dollars)
Note:
* Variety of 1913 1 has five cents on a surface of relief; Variety 2 has five cents recessed (that continues through the rest of the series).
** Clear doubling is seen in date; very rare!
*** Buffalo legs 3 so-called variety
Sources include the "Blue Book Handbook of US coins," Coin PCGS price guide online Web galleries and heritage, my personal knowledge of the Buffalo nickel prices. Image courtesy of Buffalo to 1914 Harlan j. Berk, Ltd.
If you have a lot of coins to search for values and want to know the realistic prices that retailers pay only, we recommend the blue book of US Coin values, that is driving wholesale price using the dealers. Costs about $ 10 and is well worth the small investment. Compare prices for 2008 Blue Book.
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