1914/13 Buffalo

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How much is this worth in G4 Details Net Ag3 Thanks!

lordmarcovan

Numismedia puts the 1914/3 at $220 in G4.

For a net-grade AG coin like you mentioned, it all depends on a number of things, most importantly 1) what the problem is, and 2) what the eye appeal of the coin is like.

I would expect a net-graded AG coin to bring a little less than a regular AG3.

coppercoins

I still believe this issue to be rather understudied and overvalued. I have seen a few of them around as "normal" 1914 nickels and passed them by because they tend to be quite common where I look. Bottom line, if they exist for different mints, it's likely a master die problem and exists on a large number of the coins. I'd hold off on paying any premium for them until I had a chance to cherry one - I've seen plenty of them, just didn't buy because I'm not a buffalo person.

koynekwest

It's a working hub variety with at least six different confirmed dies affected. So, with an average of around 200,000 coins produced per die it's about as scarce as the 1913-S Var 2. A couple of these dies show a rather weak underdigit and probably wouldn't be visible in any grade below VF. I think ANY of the dies would nearly impossible to attribute with any certainty in a grade of AG-Good except by the use of die markers. I, too, believe it's a somewhat over rated variety. I've cherried many of them over the last eight years and wouldn't bother with one unless it had a VERY clear underdigit and was an early or mid die state coin.

koynekwest

Oh yeah-as far as value-around $75 in Good IF it can be positively attributed. An AG? About half that.

Shamika

<< <i>I still believe this issue to be rather understudied and overvalued. >>


I don't know about understudied, but coppercoins couldn't be more correct about overvalued in my opinion. I'm probably wrong, but this is an issue that I beleive will only drop in value. Sort of like the 1938-D/S or D/D.

coppercoins

Until the die variety market hits the buffalos a bit stronger, the more common dies will have problems climbing in grade. It is coming, though...already I have seen a peak in interest for the higher grade coins, a few higher end collectors are fighting over the high grade coins, driving their prices upward. It will take the involvement of a number of other collectors seeking the circ examples for their values to start creeping upward.

Buffalo nickel die variety collecting is still in its infancy and now is a good time to get them cheaply - compared to where they will likely be in a couple of years. It's also still a good time to cherry them at shows, etc. Not very many people are out there looking for them yet. I compare this, of course, to the Lincoln cent die varieties, which are being sought by at least a half dozen collectors at any given time in any regional show, and up to two dozen at the national shows. The buffalo nickel interest at this time seems to be about a fourth that of the Lincolns, but growing.

cladking

It seems likely that variety collecting will grow in all coins and especially in
20th century coins. There is growing interest in the later coins and relative-
ly few are scarce in any grade. This will lead collectors to seek whatever
examples of them are scarce. There are more books being written about
coins all the time and always a clamor to get the grading services and cata-
logers to list new and additional varieties (and errors ).

This trend has really been growing for a long long time and may still be in
its infancy.

koynekwest

Varieties in ALL other series have a long ways to go to catch up with Lincolns. A couple of other series to watch when it comes to nice doubled dies are the Roosevelts and Washingtons, including the copper-nickel dates.

BTW-for you Buffalo variety people-a completely revised edition of "Treasure Hunting Buffalo Nickels" will be out around December. Lots of new info; updated pricing and rarities and more.