A Herd of Buffalo

smuglr

Maybe 10 years ago I purchased these from a safe deposit box auction. I broughtthem home and never really got to them. There are 400 - 500, along with a few Liberty nickels and some silver Jefferson nickels. Just a quick check only about a third have dates. Are the ones without dates worth more than 5 cents? What should I be looking for as far as varieties or errors. A few were in flips. Would the 15 cent price indicate when this stash was from? The 1934 D is one of the better condition ones. Any other thoughts or comments? Thanks.

nwcoast

Well, that looks like quite a herd for sure!
Of course the biggies are the 36-d 3- 1/2 legs and 37-d- 3- Leggers and the 16 ddo and then the 14/13 overdate, the 1916 ddo and perhaps the 35 double die reverse- which you may have a shot at with seemingly a lot of those dates visible in the pics. There's a bunch of minor varieties as well if you want to hunt for them. Could be fun!

vulcanize

I would Nic-a-date the dateless ones

smuglr

@nwcoast Thanks, nothing that I've found in the teens but a number of 35, 36, and 37. The hunt is on.

@vulcanize Thanks, I had to look that up, sounds like an option.

Tibor

Check for the "2 Feather" variety.

ricko

Those old 'hoards' can be fun to go through...and sometimes yield a treasure. I have one large group of Buffs I picked up years ago, and still have not searched it... I know it is unlikely that I will find a special one... but it will be fun when I get to it.... big snow storm coming on Friday...maybe then... Cheers, RickO

ChrisH821

Just so you know, a 1916 DDO can be identified without the date, so screen them for that before doing any nic-a-date

1Bufffan

The red #15 looks like it may have been a lot # from an auction, it's always fun to look through Buffs never know what you will find, Good luck on your hunt!

ElKevvo

A nice looking herd that will be fun to go through! Not sure about the Nic-a-date though, the resulting mark always bothered me but that might just be me...if it is a less common date it might be worth it but at any rate the dateless ones can be sold for more than a nickel as lot of folks use them for hobby and craft items.

K

Meltdown

I bought a 500+ bag a while back and spent a couple weeks pawing through them, A lot of inexpensive fun and quite a few holes filled in...

WAYNEAS

I too have a stash of buffalos.
I have not found where I put them 40+ years ago.
They will turn up someday, I hope. lol
Wayne

smuglr

@ChrisH821 said:
Just so you know, a 1916 DDO can be identified without the date, so screen them for that before doing any nic-a-date

@ChrisH821 None of the dated ones are before 1924 but what would I look for to indicate the 1916DDO?

smuglr

@Tibor said:
Check for the "2 Feather" variety.

@Tibor would you tell me more about that please?

smuglr

@WAYNEAS said:
I too have a stash of buffalos.
I have not found where I put them 40+ years ago.
They will turn up someday, I hope. lol
Wayne

@WAYNEAS That's what happened with these, glad to hear I'm not the only one.

BuffaloIronTail

@ElKevvo said:
A nice looking herd that will be fun to go through! Not sure about the Nic-a-date though, the resulting mark always bothered me but that might just be me...if it is a less common date it might be worth it but at any rate the dateless ones can be sold for more than a nickel as lot of folks use them for hobby and craft items.

K

Absolutely. The Native Americans (politically correct) love them for jewelry and stuff.

Pete

ccmorgan

Loved those buffalo nickels since I was a kid. Used to get one in change once in a while but usually couldn't read the date.

ChrisH821

@smuglr said:

@ChrisH821 said:
Just so you know, a 1916 DDO can be identified without the date, so screen them for that before doing any nic-a-date

@ChrisH821 None of the dated ones are before 1924 but what would I look for to indicate the 1916DDO?

The feathers and ribbon will show doubling

ccmorgan

Maybe these guys are posing for a future coin?