It sounds like you have a bullion piece based on the famous Buffalo Nickel design.
It would sell for about the same amount as 1 oz of silver. The price of silver changes daily so check your newspaper's business section or put the words SPOT PRICE SILVER into any good search program.
It is just a silver round. Worth a little more than the spot price of the silver.
Sorry, no Buffalo nickels were ever struck in silver.
From your description this is not a US Mint product, it's a privately minted replica of the 2001 American Buffalo silver dollar, the value is for the silver only, about $26.00.
All Indian Head/Buffalo nickels were made from copper-nickel. None of them were struck in silver. So the answer is zero.
The coins are also called buffalo nickels but none of them were struck in silver.
Please post a new question. All 1923 silver dollars carried a picture of Miss Liberty.
Please check again and post a new question: > Buffalo nickels were made from 1913 to 1938. An 1899 nickel would have a picture of Miss Liberty on the front and the Roman numeral V (= 5) on the back. > All nickels except those from WWII (1942-45) are made of copper-nickel, not silver. > There's no coin called a "buffalo head" nickel. The names are either an Indian Head nickel or a buffalo nickel.
That's not an actual dollar coin, but rather a silver bullion round. The coin might not have a date, but it should at least mention its weight. As of 19 February 2014, silver is worth $21.84 per troy ounce.
None of the Indian Head (or Buffalo) nickels have EVER been made of silver. The 1930 is a common date and circulated coins have retail values of 25 cents to $3.00 depending on condition.
Buffalo nickels don't contain any silver.
About 300.00 Us Dollars plain and simple
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.