Very simply: All Buffalo nickels, regardless of date, are made of a cupronickel alloy. None of them ever contained silver.
No Buffalo nickels were struck in silver, only the Jefferson "War Nickels" from 1942 to 1945 have any silver in them.
Buffalo nickels don't contain any silver.
None at all, no buffalo's ever had silver
It stands for James Earle Fraser, the designer of the Buffalo nickel. Since the buffalo silver dollar borrows the design of the buffalo nickel, Fraser's initial is placed on it also.
Buffalo nickels stopped being minted in 1938. If you're referring to a '44 Jefferson war nickel, then it contains 35% silver.
....none. All nickels with the exception of the ones minted during WWII (the ones dated 1942-1945 with the large mintmark over the Monticello contain 35% silver) are 75% copper, 25% nickel. There are no silver buffalo nickels.
All buffalo nickels were struck in the same alloy of 75% copper / 25% nickel that has been used for all 5-cent pieces except the famous "war nickels" made during WW 2.
Buffalo head nickels were never made of silver. See the related question below for the value of a regular 1934 nickel.
No Buffalo nickels were struck in silver, only the Jefferson "War Nickels" from 1942 to 1945 have any silver in them.
No Buffalo nickels have silver regardless of date,but the value of a 1935 in average condition is 25 cents
No 2005 Bison Reverse nickels were struck in silver.
To clear things up: > It's not silver; all buffalo nickels were struck in the same alloy of 25% nickel and 75% copper used for modern nickels. > It's also not a "buffalo head nickel"; it's either "Indian head" or "buffalo", but not "buffalo head". Buffalo nickels show the whole animal! Please see the question "What is the value of a 1925 US nickel?" for more information.