Acid Treated Buffalo Nickels

Well it is definitely caveat emptor. As to the value, I think that acid-etched Buffalo nickels should be priced similarly to those who are so worn as to be undated--in other words they should be super-cheap. If you have the cash, consider buying fewer coins, but of higher quality.

Consider bulk 'undated' Buffalos. You can usually pick up for 50cents or less per. I say this because a lot of bulk sellers don't put big effort into dating them. Black lights and a good scope can sometimes reveal a date fairly easy.

I was able to find a 1914-D for 6.00 dollars. Evidently, they are normally kind of a key date and can be quite expensive? Hell, I'll take an acid treated one for 6.00 dollars.

I suppose I'll look into some "undated," Buffalo nickels in the future. At least it actually shows what the day is however. I'd rather pay a teeny bit more for something that I know the date of for piece of mind. Many of the ones I purchased were only a dollar. I don't really have the means to find the dates myself, or to even bother honestly. Lol.

A good portion of the Buffalo nickels I have are already pretty worn as well anyways. Some of them the only way I know what the date/mm are is from the writing that I have on the 2x2 that it's in.

Collect what you want - if you want to fill up a Whitman album with acid dates then have at it! It's fun to collect in any way possible.

Cheaper, yes, but (a) it would be a gamble as to what you get. Some people love the thrill of the gambling, other people would prefer to pay extra so they don't have to gamble.

And (b), you are also paying for the time needed to do the acid-treating, the chemicals, and the expertise and practice to do it successfully with minimal damage to the rest of the coin. If your time is more valuable to you than your money, or you simply don't trust yourself with corrosive chemicals, then let someone else do the work for you.

It can also be quite a challenge as well. The key dates will still be difficult to come by as will the late dates in the set because most of them didn't circulate long enough to become dateless. Finding an acid date 1938 D would probably be nearly impossible.