I have a buffalo indian head nickel, that is supposedly worth millions but the coin is so old, the year is not visible. does anyone know what i should do about it?
2006-10-30 07:49:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Hi. I'm a coin dealer in the Midwest. The CORRECT answer is that your coin used to have a date, but it has worn away from circulation. Buffalo nickels were poorly designed in that regard, where the date was the first thing to wear off. Real value without a date, 10-15 cents. There are acids that you can drop on it to try to raise the date, but frankly it isn't worth the time or effort, as acid date coins trade for the same as dateless ones as a rule, unless it's a rare date, which is highly doubtful. No Buffalo nickels are worth "millions"; I suspect you were looking in an old coin album where you saw a "millions" number under the hole where the coin goes...that is the number of coins made, not the value. Keep the coin as a conversation piece, or give it to a kid to get them interested in coin collecting. Hope this info helped you out.
2006-11-01 04:47:37 · answer #1 · answered by answerman63 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no Indian ( Buffalo ) nickel worth millions. There is a product on the market called nic-a-date which will restore the date, some what. The coin then becomes what a collector calls a restored date and it is considered by most, as a damaged coin. Some people have fun bringing back the dates, but they know the coin has no or Little value. Now the year the Indian head nickel came out 1913, someone at the mint made 5 of the Liberty Head nickels, the Indian Head was to replace. There are only 5 and all are accounted for. There is no Indian or Buffalo on those nickels. Somebody gave you the wrong info.
2006-10-30 12:24:39 · answer #2 · answered by Taiping 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If the copper is merely tarnished and dark, take a small bowl and pour in some vinegar, and a few shakes of salt, and graceful the pennies around in that. it extremely is going to brighten them up top. notice, despite the fact that, that cleansing older money destroys the numismatic value, if any.
2016-11-26 19:43:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One with a worn date won't be worth much. But is still cool.
2006-10-31 18:40:26 · answer #4 · answered by Strix 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋