There's no such coin as a "buffalo head" nickel. The coin is called either an Indian Head nickel or a buffalo nickel, but not "buffalo head" - after all, it shows the whole buffalo on the back, LOL!
Buffalo nickels sell for about 15 to 25 cents if the date is worn off. If you want to sell one a flea market dealer might give you 5 to 10 cents.
Buffalo nickels minted from 1913 to about 1925 had a design flaw that caused the date to wear faster than the rest of the coin, but it still took several years for the problem to show up because nickel is a very hard metal. By the time it became a problem and the Mint fixed the design, there were about a dozen years' worth of nickels in circulation that had lost, or would lose, their dates.
It's worth the same as all other two-headed coins. It's privately made and has no value to a coin collector, but sells for a couple of bucks in a novelty shop where it's available as a magician's trick coin.
This famous error occurred when a Mint employee overpolished a die and obliterated one of the buffalo's legs. Numismedia lists the following approximate retail values as of 01/2010:
"D" mint mark (Denver):
Very worn condition - $525
Moderately worn - $810
Slightly worn - $890
Almost no wear - $1408
Uncirculated - $2440 to $118950 depending on quality
Beware of counterfeits. The error only occurred on 1937-D nickels and can be simulated by using jeweler's tools to remove the leg of an ordinary coin.
Which President? The one with Jefferson is only worth 5 cents, but I think the one with Bush is the most expensive one.
25 Most Valuable Nickels1.) 1913 Liberty Head V Nickel - Worth $4,408,6502.) 1880 Shield Nickel - Worth $20,0003.) 1924 S Buffalo Nickel - Worth $14,0004.) 1926 S Buffalo Nickel - Worth $7,6005.) 1927 S Buffalo Nickel - Worth $5,0006.) 1881 Shield Nickel - Worth $4,0007.) 1883 Shield Nickel - Worth $3,9008.) 1867 Shield Nickel - Worth $3,6009.) 1920 D Buffalo Nickel - Worth $3,50010.) 1928 D Buffalo Nickel - Worth $3,40011.) 1918 D Buffalo Nickel - Worth $3,30012.) 1925 S Buffalo Nickel - Worth $3,30013.) 1924 D Buffalo Nickel - Worth $3,00014.) 1870 Shield Nickel - Worth $3,00015.) 1920 S Buffalo Nickel - Worth $2,50016.) 1872 Shield Nickel - Worth $2,50017.) 1919 D Buffalo Nickel - Worth $2,35018.) 1885 Liberty Head V Nickel - Worth $2,32819.) 1912 S Liberty Head V Nickel - Worth $1,94520.) 1886 Liberty Head V Nickel - Worth $1,86121.) 1877 Shield Nickel - Worth $1,85422.) 1938 Jefferson Nickel - Worth $1,80023.) 1873 Shield Nickel - Worth $1,80024.) 1874 Shield Nickel - Worth $1,80025.) 1916 D Buffalo Nickel - Worth $1,780
How much is a 1820 buffalo nickel
The 2005 nickel with a buffalo on the reverse is worth exactly 5 cents.
Look at the coin again, the first Buffalo nickel was made in 1913.
Thomas Jefferson is on the nickel, not George Bush. A 2005 nickel is still only worth 5 cents. If it in fact does have George Bush on it, then it's some kind of novelty done by someone other than the US Mint, and is worth as much as someone is willing to pay.
A 1819 nickel is worth approximately 100.00 dollars.
There are several series of 1925 buffalo nickels, and they all have different worth. Generally speaking, a buffalo nickel is worth between 99 cents and 10 dollars.
Buffalo Bill never appeared on a U.S. nickel. A 1937 nickel has a picture of a Native American chieftan on the front, and a buffalo (animal) on the back.
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Look at the date and coin again, the last year a Buffalo nickel was struck was 1938.
It's just a nickel, spend it.