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Classic US Coins – Building a Set of Buffalo Nickels at Very Low Cost

Source: Coinweek With more than two dozen dates costing less than $20 each and a half-dozen costing less than $2 each, a set of Very Fine to Extremely Fine grade ‘Normal Date’ Buffalo nickels can be completed without spending more than $350 on any one coin. Overdates, doubled dates and 3-Legged errors would not be included in …

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Buffalo Nickels: A Brief History and a Sampling of Values

Introduced in 1913, the Buffalo nickel was an early hit with collectors and a major circulation workhorse through 1938 when the series ended. The coins continued to circulate after they were no longer produced and typically were found well-worn, sometimes with no visible date. Even today one can find a nicely circulated example in change on occasion. …

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