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5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel" · “Buffalo Nickel”

United States · 1913–1938 · Copper

24listed now
40–67grades live
$29.00cheapest live

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$29.00
cheapest offer in scope
Most listed grade
MS67
7 of 24 live
Top grade live
MS67
from $950.00
Recent market · 30d
2 ended
asking $89.95–$89.95 · not sold

Cheapest by grade — the premium curve

67$950.00·766$75.00·765$90.00·464$2,300·153$190.00·140$350.00·1

The coin

The story

The Buffalo Nickel

In 1913 the United States put a real American bison on one side of its five-cent piece and a Native American on the other. For 25 years it was the most American coin in your pocket — and a single over-polished die turned one date into a four-legged legend with three legs.

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Designer

James Earle Fraser
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Era

The Renaissance of American Coinage
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Catalogue

Issuer
United States
Years
1913–1938
Metal
Copper
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Issues — by date & mint

8 listed · each its own page
19134 live · from $29.0019142 live · from $176.001916-D1 live · from $86.001931-S1 live · from $300.0019363 live · from $90.0019374 live · from $92.001937-S2 live · from $90.001938-D10 live · from $25.00

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Date19381019367193761914519134193531917219192193421915119161191811920119231192511926119311
MintD21S9P3
Grade661565126710643121201351401531631
GraderNGC24PCGS20ICG5

Variant (VAM, DMPL, CAC) and the exact subgrade live on each listing — that’s where they matter, once you’re looking at a specific coin.

Live on eBay — NGC

24 listings
●NGC66

1919 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$1,688Buy It Now
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●NGC64

1917-S 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$2,300Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1935 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$240.00Buy It Now
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●NGC40

1917-S 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$349.99Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1938-D 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$75.00Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1938-D 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$75.00Buy It Now
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●NGC65

1931-S 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$299.95Buy It Now
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●NGC65

1926 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$249.95Buy It Now
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●NGC53

1915-D 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$189.95Buy It Now
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●NGC—

1934 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$100.00Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1913 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$950.00Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1914 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$8,446Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1936-D 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$1,499Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1920 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$6,566Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1936-D 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$1,283Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1936-D 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$1,659Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1925 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$3,255Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1914-D 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$3,144Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1936 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$2,100Auction
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●NGC66

1938-D 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$119.99Auction
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●NGC65

1937-S 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$89.95Auction
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●NGC—

1913 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$29.00Auction
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●NGC—

1914-D 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

$249.00Auction
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Lot · 2 slabs
●NGC651936 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel" (flat ground)
2 slabs detected · 1 identified
$89.95Lot · Auction
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Recent market

Last 30 days

2 listings of this series ended on eBay USA in the last 30 days — last asking $89.95. These are the prices listings closed at, not confirmed sales.

  • ●NGC651937-S 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"
    $89.95Auction · ended 11h ago
  • ●NGC651936 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"
    $89.95Auction · ended 14h ago

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