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1938 Buffalo Nickel

1938 Buffalo Nickel

The 1938 Buffalo Nickel was only minted at the Denver Mint. It is approximated the Denver Mint struck 6,620,000 coins. The run of coins minted was quite good and collectors should not have trouble in finding an uncirculated mint condition 1938 Buffalo Head Nickel.

The 1938 Buffalo Head was the last year for the Buffalo Head series. Many of the coins made were bought up and stored by collectors and dealers because they thought the coins would be more valuable. The PCGS price guide shows a value of $20,000 for a coin in MS68 condition, but only $345 for a coin in MS67 condition.

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100 1913 1938 BUFFALO NICKEL LOT no dates
100 1913 1938 BUFFALO NICKEL LOT no dates
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1938 BUFFALO NICKEL 2162
1938 BUFFALO NICKEL 2162
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2003 TOPPS GALLERY CURRENCY CONNECTION LOU GEHRIG 1938 BUFFALO NICKEL
2003 TOPPS GALLERY CURRENCY CONNECTION LOU GEHRIG 1938 BUFFALO NICKEL
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1913 1938 Buffalo Nickel Collection47 DifferentCommon dates are G VF
1913 1938 Buffalo Nickel Collection47 DifferentCommon dates are G VF
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1931 Buffalo Nickel

1931 Buffalo Nickel

The 1931 Buffalo Nickel was only minted at the San Francisco Mint. Only 1,200,000 Coins were produced.

The San Francisco Mint's run of coins was a pretty good mintage in terms of quality. The coins produced were above average. Many uncirculated mint coins are available for purchase. What is rare or scarce is coins that have full complete details.

An interesting note with 1931 Buffalo Nickel. The San Francisco Mint's only made 194,000 coins in it's first mintage of 1931 Buffalo Nickels. The director of the mint at that time, Mary O'Reilly requested that more coins be made. She did not want the low number of coins causing them to become rare and inflating their value. A second run of coins was minted bringing the total coined to 1,200,000.

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1931 S VG Buffalo Nickel US Coin 10294024 79
1931 S VG Buffalo Nickel US Coin 10294024 79
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Tough date low mintage 1931 S Buffalo nickel 817c
Tough date low mintage 1931 S Buffalo nickel 817c
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Buffalo Nickel 1931 S VF
Buffalo Nickel 1931 S VF
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Buffalo Nickel 1931 S VF XF
Buffalo Nickel 1931 S VF XF
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1918 Buffalo Nickel Keydate Coin

1918 Buffalo Nickel

The 1918 Buffalo Nickel is considered a Keydate coin for the Buffalo Nickel series. The coin was minted at the Denver Mint. It is estimated that only 100,000 of these coins were minted.

Barney Bluestone is credited with the find and it was printed about in 1931 in an auction catalog.  The coin collecting community was slow to find out about 1918/7 coin.  The result is that coins in quality condition are very hard to find. The usual coin will vary from very good to very fine.

It is believed that the 1918 Buffalo Nickel coins were struck from one set of dies that were pretty worn.

The prices on the 1918/7 D coin can vary from $1,400 for G-4 to $375,000 for MS-65. These prices are based on PCGS Graded Coins.

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1918 7 D Buffalo Nickel Choice Original PCGS VG10 Bold Overdate Make an Offer
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1918 7 D 5C PCGS Genuine Buffalo Nickel XF
1918 7 D 5C PCGS Genuine Buffalo Nickel XF
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1918 7 D Buffalo Nickel PCGS G 04 Key Date
1918 7 D Buffalo Nickel PCGS G 04 Key Date
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1918 7 D BUFFALO NICKEL KEY DATE SCARCE ANACS AG3
1918 7 D BUFFALO NICKEL KEY DATE SCARCE ANACS AG3
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