64 Buffalo Nickels For 64 Dollars

1926 is an interesting year in the series, and for my collection. The 1926 coin I got from a flea market tray for 62 cents. The 26-D I acid dated from an ebay lot I got, coin was 27 cents. This coin was a PAIN to get the mintmark off of. I had to soak it for WAY longer than any other coin to finally make it out. The 26-S, which is the lowest mintage of the entire series, I bought off ebay for $4.98. Even though it's the rarest coin, it's not too hard to get for a good price.

Total of 1926 coins: $5.87
Running total for set: $41.11

For the 1928 and 1928-S coins, I got them for 62 cents each from the flea market tray. The 1928-D I got for $1 at my LCS.

Total of 1928 Coins: $2.24
Running total for set: $45.11

I received both the 1930 and 1930-S coins from my flea market tray for 62 and 57 cents respectively.

Total of 1930 coins: $1.19
Running total for set: $48.54

I am combinig 1934, 1935, and 1936 into one post. These were all obtained from my flea market junk tray. All were 62 cents except for the 35-S which was 57 cents.

Total of 1934-1936 coins: $4.91
Running total of set: $61.45

So there you have it! I finished the set with 69 cents to spare! I started it on March 1 so it took 53 days to complete. Definitely faster than I was expecting. This set was a blast to assemble and certainly tought me MUCH about the Buffalo nickel series. I now look forward to upgrading the set which will definitely be a much slower process. If anyone has any questions about this project or any other comments I will be happy to answer! Thanks for everyone who helped and supported me along the way!

I just found this post today. Incredible set for the price and you did a great job. It was fun to read through and I'm glad you met your goal carnold.

Buffalo nickels are a set I would like to start at some point. This is great inspiration.

I'm actually working on that set right now. I haven't been tracking prices but I am down to my final 19 coins and don't think I've spent more than a buck or two on any one coin. Pretty much all the later ones I've gotten for face through circulation. Going to be a long-ass time before the 09-s vdb ever enters my collection though.

As for the nickels, I am slowly upgrading this $64 set I put together. I am weeding out the acid dates and replacing them with nicer examples one by one.

It's been a few months since this thread has seen the light of day. Last night I was at a local coin club and the auction they held had a Buffalo nickel dansco with a lot of the holes already filled with dated nickels. I immediately thought of this thread. I won the album for $27.50 that will leave me $36.50 to see if I can complete it under the $64 mark with a dansco to hold them all. It will be a good distraction from the search for the higher grade coins all the time.

Would you consider it cheating if I used coins won in a raffle for trade fodder? I spent $5 on tickets and won a morgan. If I traded that morgan for some nicer buffalos could I consider it a $5 purchase?