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Buffalo Nickel 1963 Redbook Prices

UncleWigglyUncleWiggly Posts: 2,467
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I'm checking some prices for some Buffalo Nickels in my one and only Redbook 1963 edition just for fun. If anyone wants a price for their favorite Buffalo from 41 years ago, put it up and I'll look it up. I'm not sure how much response I'll get, so please no PMs. The grades are listed in Good V.G Fine E.F Unc. Also Matte Proof or just Proof for some. 1937D 3-legged $15G 21VG 30F 47EF 90Unc.


Jerry

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Buffalo Nickel 1963 Redbook Prices >>



    Dang, I thought this was a "for sale" thread. There's a title I'd like to see on the BST forum! image

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  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭
    Hi,
    I have a 1956 or 1957 Redbook - the prices in there are hysterical. Proof Roosevelt dimes are more than Proof Mercurys - other comparisons are even crazier. Ahhh, just a time travel machine and a few hundred dollars...I wonder what the book itself is worth - VF-20 so to speak..

    Best,
    Billy
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Somewhere I have a 1963 Blue Book. Now that's a hoot! A lot of the lower grade Morgans and many other coins listed for face value, if I remember correctly!

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  • UncleWigglyUncleWiggly Posts: 2,467
    I had a chance to buy a set of Redbooks from the 1950s, what a mistake I didn't follow through.


    Jerry
  • MoeSzyslakMoeSzyslak Posts: 80


    << <i>If anyone wants a price... from 21 years ago... >>


    I'm not a mathematician, but shouldn't that be 41 years ago?

    It is kind of fun to look through old Redbooks. The surprisingly high listings are at least as interesting as the low listings. I have a '66 and all but the most common late 1930s buffaloes are listed for at least a quarter in good. The wartime Jeffersons are listed at $0.60-$1.85 in EF and, of course, the 1950-D is listed at $21.00 in EF.

    When you get that time machine built, magikbilly, we can take back some 1950-Ds and trade them one-for-one for BU late-date Liberty Heads.

    Edit: Apparently, my grammar and spelling are extraordinarily poor tonight.
    My coins can beat up your coins.
  • coynclectercoynclecter Posts: 2,111
    I worked in a coin shop in 1963 just before the crash when it closed. I still remember the set one of our prime customers brought in. A complete set of uncirculated Buffalos, inc the 3 legger, It was expensive then, I can't imagine it now.
  • richbeatrichbeat Posts: 2,288 ✭
    "I wonder what the book itself is worth-VF-20 so to speak."


    From the 2005 red book:

    1956 edition-------Issue $1.75, VG $25, F $30, VF $50, New $85
    1957 edition-------Issue $1.75, VG $20, F $30, VF $40, New $65

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  • UncleWigglyUncleWiggly Posts: 2,467
    MoeSzyslak, thanks I fixed it.

    Jerry
  • mintlustermintluster Posts: 926
    Funny...
  • slideridersliderider Posts: 1,834
    Ah yes, the time machine. Reminds of the scene in Back to the Future, when Doc pulls out the case with the money from the different eras of American history and gives Marty some bills that will circulate without question in 1955. That would be fun. To buy some circulated notes from the 50s now for practically nothing, go back in time and buy a bag of Morgans from a bank then bring them back to sell. Or get some gold notes and bring them back to cash in for metal.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Reminds of the scene in Back to the Future, when Doc pulls out the case with the money from the different eras of American history and gives Marty some bills that will circulate without question in 1955. >>



    Funny- I don't remember that scene. I'll have to watch for that next time the movie runs on cable. I see the movie often, but I always seem to catch only the last half of it. And when I watched it for the first time in the theater in the mid-eighties, I had a girlfriend with me and we were not paying much attention to the movie screen. image

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  • GeminiGemini Posts: 3,085 ✭
    Wayte Raymond produced his first version of the Redbook back in 1935. The copy I have is 1946. His book covers were of blue color with gold lettering. It is titled "Stardard Catalog of United States Coins" (from 1652 to present day) The book also included Pattern coins, Encased Postage Stamps, Phillipine Island Coins, Hawiian Coins, and complete Mint Reports.
    Just to give you an idea of some of the prices of the day: a Chain Cent in vf was valued at $85.00 a 1909 SVDB Lincoln Cent in Unc. $12.50 a 1918 over 1917D Unc buffalo nickel $125.00- the highest price listed for any 20 cent proof was only $30.00- a 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter in Unc. $65.00- a 1794 Silver Dollar in Vf $500.00- there is no Proof in the entire run of Morgan Dollars with a price shown over $50.00- a 1885 Proof Trade Dollar a real bargain at $1,200.00- a 1804 first reverse Draped Bust Dollar just $4000.00 - a 1936 5 piece proof set is $55.00- mostly every early commemorative Half Dollar listed can be had in Unc. condition for a price less than $60.00- a Brasher Doubloon is yours for $5000.00-
    If you are interested in a price on a particular coin let me know and I will look it up.
    Don-
    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever

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