Buffalo Nickels with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1913-1938) All-Time Finest List

Number of
Required Items

Current Finest
Possible Set Rating

67.827

There is something about Buffalo nickels that attracts collectors. Some collectors remember when every once in a while one would show up in their change, or a time when they did grandpa a favor and the reward was a beautiful old nickel. Perhaps it reminds us of a time when the West was still new. Whatever the reasons, many people collect Buffalo nickels and some have managed to build truly phenomenal sets. When the major varieties are added to the set, three notable rarities must be included. Most elusive are the 1916 Doubled Die and the 1918/7-D overdate. The 1937-D three-legged variety is very well known, but not nearly as difficult to locate as the other two. There are also some less obvious stoppers within the series. The San Francisco coins of the late 1910s and 1920s are elusive and the 1924 and 1926 are all actually rarer than the famous three-legged '37-D. Though there are some tough coins, this series is now and forever a favorite of collectors.

All-Time Finest (All Eras)

Rank	Set Name	% Complete	GPA Weighted	GPA with Top Pop Bonuses	Set Rating	User
1	The JDG Trust Collection 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 10 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 HOF 2024 2025	100.00%	66.48	67.35	67.35	lunagately
2	D. L. Hansen Buffalo Nickels with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1913-1938) 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025	100.00%	65.45	R 65.69	65.69	DLH
3	todd	100.00%	65.39	65.47	65.47	todd@rentminn
4	Cuyuna	100.00%	64.77	64.90	64.90	Cuyuna
5	KCV Herd Maj. Varieties	100.00%	64.44	64.45	64.45	kurtskoins
6	Redfisharmy Buffs	100.00%	63.82	63.82	63.82	redfisharmy
7	Z	100.00%	63.44	R 63.50	63.50	Z
8	Carl Womack Buffalo Collection (Varieties) 2004	98.61%	65.13	R 65.23	63.36	mariawomack
9	BucksBuffs	100.00%	63.33	63.33	63.33	philly_rome
10	FORSYTHEG	97.22%	66.61	R 67.35	62.75	FORSYTHEG
11	Great Basin Collection	100.00%	61.71	61.71	61.71	pplath
12	Bubba's Buffalos	98.61%	62.56	R 62.58	60.78	Bubba's Coins
13	Gosnell Collection	97.22%	65.02	R 65.04	60.36	Anonymous
14	Great Plains Enterprises	91.67%	65.47	R 65.53	60.35	GPE
15	Southern Mountain	98.61%	61.63	61.63	59.85	Anonymous
16	Richard Hennessy collection (varieties) 2006	95.83%	65.70	R 65.73	59.34	awcoins
17	Freddoc	98.61%	60.88	60.88	59.13	Freddoc
18	Garrow King's Buffalo Nickels	98.61%	59.28	R 59.28	58.64	garrowking
19	jle*coins	98.61%	59.92	R 59.92	58.62	Anonymous
20	Driftwood Buffalo Nickel Set 2005 2007	95.83%	64.40	64.40	58.60	driftwood
21	Bill Fivaz Collection 2003	94.44%	63.87	R 63.87	58.35	SBG
22	Wineman	100.00%	58.33	58.33	58.33	myeatts
23	CoolKarma's Full Buffalo set	100.00%	58.27	58.27	58.27	CoolKarma
24	Irv's Herd	98.61%	59.43	R 59.43	57.72	ireichel
25	Tim’s Buffalo Nickel Set w Varieties	98.61%	59.00	59.00	57.09	[email protected]
26	sidchan	98.61%	58.66	R 58.66	56.55	sidchan
27	Drinen's Buffalo Nickels w/Vars	95.83%	62.35	R 62.35	56.30	jdrinen
28	Yellowstone Collection	93.06%	66.13	R 66.21	55.49	Buffalo
29	The DS Collection	100.00%	55.30	R 55.30	55.30	piercedl
30	SJO	97.22%	58.73	58.73	54.51	SJO
31	The Black Diamond Collection	100.00%	54.33	54.33	54.33	BlackDiamond
32	PocketChange Buffalo Stampede	95.83%	59.61	R 59.61	53.82	jdhaug
33	Pittsburgh Coin Collector	95.83%	59.35	59.35	53.59	Pittsburgh Coin Collector
34	Chris Heeren Collection	97.22%	57.50	57.50	53.57	Chris Heeren Collection
35	William E. Corum	91.67%	65.51	65.51	53.49	bulincs
36	The Heller Collection	93.06%	63.46	R 63.46	53.19	Heller
37	The Wydeven Collection	100.00%	52.98	52.98	52.98	Ted III
38	Martin's Collection	94.44%	60.30	R 60.30	52.27	rcmlgm
39	DSS Buffalos I Have Loved	95.83%	56.98	56.98	51.85	dssheffield
40	lostmountainman	95.83%	56.28	56.28	50.81	lostmountainman
41	dgooch	95.83%	55.10	55.10	50.74	dgooch
42	Horn-Saver Varietes Set	91.67%	60.82	R 60.82	49.66	HORNSAVER
43	Buffalo Nickels by Alzvette	95.83%	54.57	54.57	49.47	ldrc
44	Mel's Buffalo Nickels	98.61%	50.67	50.67	49.22	[email protected]
45	M J Hess Collections, Buffalo Nickel Set	98.61%	50.70	50.70	48.87	mjhess
46	Buffalo Hunter	95.83%	54.28	54.28	48.81	Buffalo Hunter
47	yahtzeek	95.83%	53.76	R 53.76	48.54	yahtzeek
48	A2Buffaloes	97.22%	51.28	51.28	48.15	KB's coins
49	Nlkflyn Buffalo Nickels with Major Varieties (1913-1938)	94.44%	54.94	54.94	47.62	Nlkflyn
50	Larry's Major Variety Buffalos	98.61%	48.62	R 48.62	47.22	LarryW.
51	The BMC Buffalo Herd	94.44%	50.20	50.20	46.05	BMC
52	Zeff	86.11%	62.06	62.06	44.87	Zeff
53	A Brown's Black Diamond Mine CIRC + Major Varieties	83.33%	62.41	62.41	43.78	Black Diamond Mine
54	RickyRacer	91.67%	53.60	R 53.60	43.57	RickyRacer
55	mjplays	83.33%	64.14	64.14	43.38	mjplays
56	The DFT Buffalo Nickels with Varieties Collection	94.44%	47.84	47.84	42.51	Maesto119
57	Michal S PL	86.11%	54.26	54.26	42.16	Michal S PL
58	Walt Ughes	98.61%	43.45	43.45	41.89	Walt Ughes
59	Bad Habit	65.28%	60.21	60.21	37.25	Bad Habit
60	Freds buffalos	97.22%	38.32	R 38.32	35.83	fredbergmanbuffalos
61	Ozark's Thundering Herd 3	68.06%	56.67	56.67	33.84	mokando
62	alr007	68.06%	55.92	55.92	33.19	alr007
63	The Lilhuff Collection	93.06%	38.91	R 38.91	32.75	LNCS
64	BuffaloBrothersCoin	80.56%	41.93	41.93	32.73	BuffaloBrothersCoin
65	Omega Jim Buffalo Nickels	44.44%	62.63	62.63	25.91	omegapm
66	KozMc Buffs	80.56%	33.80	33.80	25.29	kozman1
67	Bryan's Set	56.94%	49.36	49.36	25.21	bruinbulldog
68	julesnchris	45.83%	63.67	63.67	24.96	[email protected]
69	ronnie	56.94%	65.26	65.26	24.88	ronnie
70	mrbigglesworth_2	52.78%	55.20	55.20	24.23	[email protected]
71	Tom's Spare Change Buffalos	62.50%	40.38	40.38	23.09	remm
72	mikesartifacts	62.50%	32.00	32.00	21.99	MIKESARTIFACTS
73	westdairy2	90.28%	25.13	25.13	21.88	westdairy2
74	[email protected]	54.17%	65.73	65.73	21.75	Anonymous
75	ddt oregon Buffalo	31.94%	55.88	55.88	20.50	ddt71351
76	TLR Buffalo Nickels - with Majors	47.22%	48.79	48.79	20.36	TLR
77	BZcoin	63.89%	38.19	38.19	20.33	BZcoin
78	S&G Family Trust	76.39%	32.91	32.91	19.89	skamieniecki
79	Aspie-Rocco major varieties UPDATED	91.67%	23.59	23.59	19.69	Aspie-Rocco
80	obxpond	51.39%	64.20	64.20	19.63	ponderit
81	rick's half dollars	62.50%	29.91	29.91	18.50	rick's half dollars
82	Deegm	36.11%	65.42	65.42	17.41	Deegm
83	bockrd	50.00%	63.77	63.77	17.20	[email protected]
84	The WTP Collection	45.83%	51.16	51.16	17.12	travisprim
85	Cascade Buffalo Nickel’s	36.11%	37.78	37.78	16.99	Cascade
86	CHO10 Buffalo Nickels w/varieties	45.83%	51.24	51.24	16.77	claudeh
87	Thomas Buffalo Nickel Set with Varieties	58.33%	33.45	33.45	16.49	rogert
88	Otto Flynt 3/25 P BX	45.83%	62.50	62.50	16.19	OttoFlynt
89	Golden Collection Registry	34.72%	63.01	63.01	14.96	[email protected]
90	blake.j.lanning	44.44%	54.60	54.60	14.73	[email protected]
91	The R. S. Gore Collection	40.28%	64.92	64.92	14.48	rgore1793
92	shsusa - Buff 5C w-MajVar Circ	43.06%	61.40	61.40	14.36	shsusa
93	Schwinck	43.06%	53.07	53.07	14.32	Dirdog
94	Melvin D. Souza	27.78%	64.85	64.85	14.00	mel6468_2004
95	JohnM	41.67%	64.13	64.13	13.84	JohnM
96	rjcent	37.50%	59.84	59.84	13.56	rjcent
97	ForMyKids	52.78%	24.26	24.26	13.26	ForMyKids
98	Miguel's Bisons	36.11%	40.07	40.07	12.97	MIGUELLOPEZ
99	Robert N Lockey	33.33%	56.65	56.65	12.84	rlockey
100	Black Heron Buffalos	43.06%	41.45	41.45	12.82	[email protected]
101	The Great Plains Collection	37.50%	60.60	60.60	12.64	pcappraisal
102	john.bennett	55.56%	27.22	27.22	12.63	[email protected]
103	mepaglet	34.72%	63.78	63.78	12.39	mepaglet
104	kgzpop	38.89%	61.93	61.93	12.25	kgzpop
105	Roamin' Buffs	40.28%	64.40	64.40	12.05	[email protected]
106	Bear Creek Collection	30.56%	64.58	64.58	11.15	BearCreek
107	bufalini	37.50%	30.91	30.91	11.01	minnmoney
108	bkd	31.94%	37.51	37.51	10.93	bkd
109	ATHENA	20.83%	66.10	66.17	10.71	ATHENA
110	1buff2many	29.17%	37.95	37.95	10.10	1buff2many
111	RLT	22.22%	57.44	57.44	09.71	Richard
112	donut492 UPDATED	26.39%	33.25	33.25	09.57	donut492
113	lamarr	30.56%	37.30	37.30	09.53	lamarr
114	SCH - Buffalo Nickels with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes	23.61%	48.34	48.34	09.39	Silver Coin Hunter
115	Cris Howell	34.72%	62.12	62.12	09.38	ckhowell
116	Jesh	29.17%	64.41	64.41	09.27	Jesh
117	Sarah Faith	27.78%	57.33	57.33	08.87	atmybest
118	PapaJim	18.06%	34.32	34.32	08.77	PapaJim
119	J & D COLLECTS	27.78%	63.89	63.89	08.50	J & D COLLECTS
120	Buffalos Set #2	30.56%	42.37	42.37	07.92	Maesto119
121	romanose05	15.28%	54.50	54.50	07.84	romanose05
122	Harry Behemoth	33.33%	27.55	27.55	07.73	Harry Behemoth
123	TD Buffalo Nickels MS with Major Varieties (1913-1938)	20.83%	46.57	46.57	07.71	[email protected]
124	boraoul	26.39%	46.52	46.52	07.70	boraoul
125	A Little Bit of Pepper YN	23.61%	59.26	59.26	07.46	Anonymous
126	Dirk Schaffer Buffalo Set NEW	15.28%	53.74	53.74	07.35	Anonymous
127	Cen-Cal	22.22%	63.10	63.10	07.04	Cen-Cal
128	hcv1116	26.39%	64.73	64.73	06.99	hcv1116
129	Consi222	22.22%	64.65	64.65	06.98	Consi222
130	jmb063	29.17%	34.27	34.27	06.90	jmb063
131	[email protected]	22.22%	65.03	65.03	06.78	Anonymous
132	Rubyred	13.89%	62.02	62.02	06.69	Rubyred
133	Jackson Family Collection	22.22%	64.39	64.39	06.49	Jackson Family Collection
134	buffs for nuttin	12.50%	36.61	36.61	06.45	mpwood5318
135	Terry's Buffalo Herd	25.00%	64.94	64.94	06.31	tmlawes
136	ajia	33.33%	23.81	23.81	06.25	ajia
137	la662	15.28%	42.37	42.37	05.79	[email protected]
138	flooremd	16.67%	60.96	60.96	05.70	flooremd
139	Tpmjr2004	33.33%	22.97	22.97	05.29	Tpmjr2004
140	STEVEK	15.28%	31.74	31.74	04.79	STEVEK
141	Raymond Collection	16.67%	31.73	31.73	04.56	sparksr25
142	Kirk Weaver	19.44%	34.86	34.86	04.39	Kirk Weaver
143	J.D.'s Buffalo Nickels	13.89%	45.02	45.02	04.21	jdemetriff
144	[email protected] UPDATED	20.83%	26.98	26.98	04.08	Anonymous
145	Vinny Kid	63.89%	6.37	6.37	03.80	Vinny Kid
146	Tye	13.89%	65.19	65.19	03.75	Tye
147	cross1942	15.28%	64.88	64.88	03.73	cross1942
148	The Sandoval Collection	9.72%	54.06	54.06	03.50	[email protected]
149	Bscoincollector	11.11%	17.74	17.74	03.19	Bscoincollector
150	Buffalo Nickels	8.33%	48.59	48.59	02.97	[email protected]
151	wcordery	11.11%	66.17	66.17	02.86	wcordery
152	The Graydon Collection	13.89%	65.00	65.00	02.81	dgraydon
153	James Dire Buffalo nickels circulation strikes 1913-38	9.72%	66.80	66.80	02.40	[email protected]
154	Taz	11.11%	65.56	65.56	02.12	Taz
155	Hawks7	4.17%	60.33	60.33	00.65	Hawks7
156	Sparkmeister	2.78%	65.00	65.00	00.47	Sparkmeister