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One price recorded for a 1913 Liberty Head nickel was in January 2010, when one sold for $3,737,500 in an auction. [36] Recent sales of a 1913 Liberty Head nickel were in April 2013 for more than $3.1 million [37] and for $4.5 million at auction in August 2018. [38] It is uncertain how the 1913 nickels came to be made.
Those were followed by the Liberty Head nickel (1883-1913), Buffalo or Indian Head nickel (1913-1938) and Jefferson nickel (1938-present). ... In terms of rarity and value, you’re most likely to ...
1913 Liberty Head Nickel (Proof 64) Rare Features: One of the five 1913-dated U.S. Liberty Head nickels. Proof Measurement Score: 64. Sold By: Heritage Auctions. Most Recent Date of Sale: Jan. 6, 2010
Key dates for the series include the 1939-D, and 1950-D nickels. The 1939-D nickel with a mintage of 3,514,000 coins is the second lowest behind the 1950-D nickel. The cause of the key date of 1939 stems from the new design that excited collectors the year prior, after the initial hype had settled down fewer nickels were saved.
It is one of the rarest and most highly prized United States coins for collectors, along with the 1804 dollar and the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. One was sold in 2005 for $1.3 million, [ 1 ] and another for $1.9 million in 2007. [ 2 ]
A nickel's melt value fell below its face value from late 2008 through mid-2010, and more recently again from late mid-2012. [114] In February 2014, it was reported that the Mint was conducting experiments to use copper-plated zinc (the same composition used for the United States 1 cent coin) for the nickel.
Some variances in coin size and weight occurred over time, especially as the value of silver varied. In particular, many silver coins changed in the 1870s. [4] The figures cited in the tables are representative of the series, and are generally the latest, or most common, figures for a given coin type.
Buffalo nickels are nostalgic coins that were in circulation from 1913 until 1938. Once a regular discovery in everyday life, these coins are now valued antiquities from a bygone period. They were...