1926 Buffalo Nickel
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- Type: Buffalo Nickel Year: 1926 Mint Mark: S Face Value: 0.05 USD Total Produced: 970,000 Silver Content: 0% Numismatic Value: $17 to $7600.00 Value: As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around $17, while one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $7,600 at auction.
While several Buffalo nickels in the series are quite scarce, 1926 saw the production of the only Buffalo nickel to have a mintage of less than 1 million. The 1926-S had a very low yield of just 970,000 pieces struck, and the overall scarcity of this issue is definitely reflected in its prices. 1926-S: Again, Philadelphia and Denver vastly out produced the San Francisco mint, creating a high coin value for the low mintage numbered San Francisco buffalo nickels. 1935 Double Die Reverse: The reverse of this coin or buffalo side has a double die mistake, valuable versions have strong doubling of the text E PLURIBUS UNUM and FIVE CENTS as. 1926-S Regular Strike Buffalo Nickel. Sold at auction: $322,000. Bottom Line: 1926-S Regular Strike Buffalo Nickel. The 1926-S is the rarest non-variety Buffalo nickel, even in circulated grades. A 7 can be seen under the 8 in the date. Only 970,000 coins were struck, compared to over a million in other years.
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Buffalo nickel values reflect the huge demand for this highly popular coin. Minted from 1913 through 1938, the Buffalo nickel has a particularly romantic lore attached to it, largely due to the fact that the coin has a rugged, all-American design, which was created by James Earle Fraser. The obverse of the Buffalo nickel, values of which range from $1 to thousands of dollars, features an image of a Native American that is considered to be the composition of several individuals, including Two Moons, Iron Tail, and Big Tree, according to accounts from Fraser.
1926 Buffalo Nickel Value Chart
On the reverse is the coin’s famous bison – commonly referred to as a buffalo. The model for the beastly figure on the reverse of the coin was Black Diamond, an American bison that resided at the Central Park Zoo. Some numismatic scholars theorize that the bison model may have actually been a herd leader at the Bronx Zoo named, appropriately, Bronx.
No matter who the models were for the Buffalo nickel, what is known is this – these coins are highly popular among collectors. Buffalo nickel values are usually $1 to $3 for common, worn specimens. However some Buffalo nickels, such as the 1913-D Type II, 1913-S Type II, 1914-D, 1915-D, 1921-S, 1926-S, and 1937-D 3-legged variety are quite rare. Values for these key-date Buffalo nickels reach into the thousands of dollars.