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

Number of
Required Items

Current Finest
Possible Set Rating

67.835

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.

Current Finest

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	todd	100.00%	65.39	65.47	65.47	todd@rentminn
3	Cuyuna	100.00%	64.76	64.88	64.88	Cuyuna
4	KCV Herd Maj. Varieties	100.00%	64.44	64.45	64.45	kurtskoins
5	Redfisharmy Buffs	100.00%	63.82	63.82	63.82	redfisharmy
6	BucksBuffs	100.00%	63.33	63.33	63.33	philly_rome
7	Great Basin Collection	100.00%	61.71	61.71	61.71	pplath
8	Gosnell Collection	97.22%	65.02	65.04	60.36	Anonymous
9	Southern Mountain	98.61%	61.63	61.63	59.85	Anonymous
10	Driftwood Buffalo Nickel Set 2005 2007	95.83%	64.40	64.40	58.60	driftwood
11	Wineman	100.00%	58.33	58.33	58.33	myeatts
12	CoolKarma's Full Buffalo set	100.00%	58.27	58.27	58.27	CoolKarma
13	Freddoc	97.22%	60.84	60.84	58.00	Freddoc
14	Tim’s Buffalo Nickel Set w Varieties	98.61%	59.00	59.00	57.09	[email protected]
15	SJO	97.22%	58.73	58.73	54.51	SJO
16	The Black Diamond Collection	100.00%	54.30	54.30	54.30	BlackDiamond
17	Pittsburgh Coin Collector	95.83%	59.35	59.35	53.59	Pittsburgh Coin Collector
18	William E. Corum	91.67%	65.51	65.51	53.49	bulincs
19	The Wydeven Collection	100.00%	52.98	52.98	52.98	Ted III
20	Chris Heeren Collection NEW	94.44%	58.87	58.87	52.09	Chris Heeren Collection
21	DSS Buffalos I Have Loved	95.83%	56.98	56.98	51.85	dssheffield
22	lostmountainman	95.83%	56.28	56.28	50.81	lostmountainman
23	dgooch	95.83%	55.10	55.10	50.74	dgooch
24	Buffalo Nickels by Alzvette	95.83%	54.57	54.57	49.47	ldrc
25	Mel's Buffalo Nickels	98.61%	50.67	50.67	49.22	[email protected]
26	M J Hess Collections, Buffalo Nickel Set	98.61%	50.70	50.70	48.87	mjhess
27	Buffalo Hunter	95.83%	54.28	54.28	48.81	Buffalo Hunter
28	A2Buffaloes UPDATED	97.22%	51.28	51.28	48.15	KB's coins
29	Nlkflyn Buffalo Nickels with Major Varieties (1913-1938)	94.44%	54.94	54.94	47.62	Nlkflyn
30	The BMC Buffalo Herd	94.44%	50.20	50.20	46.05	BMC
31	Zeff	86.11%	62.06	62.06	44.87	Zeff
32	mjplays	83.33%	64.14	64.14	43.38	mjplays
33	Michal S PL	87.50%	54.32	54.32	42.59	Michal S PL
34	Walt Ughes	98.61%	43.45	43.45	41.89	Walt Ughes
35	A Brown's Black Diamond Mine CIRC + Major Varieties UPDATED	77.78%	64.70	64.70	41.43	Black Diamond Mine
36	Bad Habit	63.89%	60.17	60.17	37.01	Bad Habit
37	Ozark's Thundering Herd 3	68.06%	56.67	56.67	33.84	mokando
38	alr007	68.06%	55.92	55.92	33.19	alr007
39	BuffaloBrothersCoin	80.56%	41.93	41.93	32.73	BuffaloBrothersCoin
40	Omega Jim Buffalo Nickels	44.44%	62.63	62.63	25.91	omegapm
41	KozMc Buffs	80.56%	33.80	33.80	25.29	kozman1
42	Bryan's Set	56.94%	49.36	49.36	25.21	bruinbulldog
43	julesnchris UPDATED	45.83%	63.67	63.67	24.96	[email protected]
44	ronnie	56.94%	65.26	65.26	24.88	ronnie
45	mrbigglesworth_2	52.78%	55.20	55.20	24.23	[email protected]
46	Tom's Spare Change Buffalos	62.50%	40.38	40.38	23.09	remm
47	westdairy2	90.28%	25.13	25.13	21.88	westdairy2
48	[email protected]	54.17%	65.73	65.73	21.75	Anonymous
49	ddt oregon Buffalo	31.94%	55.88	55.88	20.50	ddt71351
50	TLR Buffalo Nickels - with Majors	47.22%	48.79	48.79	20.36	TLR
51	BZcoin	63.89%	38.19	38.19	20.33	BZcoin
52	S&G Family Trust	76.39%	32.91	32.91	19.89	skamieniecki
53	obxpond	51.39%	64.20	64.20	19.63	ponderit
54	mikesartifacts	52.78%	31.16	31.16	19.50	MIKESARTIFACTS
55	Aspie-Rocco major varieties UPDATED	88.89%	24.23	24.23	19.35	Aspie-Rocco
56	rick's half dollars	62.50%	29.91	29.91	18.50	rick's half dollars
57	Deegm	36.11%	65.42	65.42	17.41	Deegm
58	The WTP Collection	47.22%	49.70	49.70	17.34	travisprim
59	bockrd	50.00%	63.77	63.77	17.20	[email protected]
60	Cascade Buffalo Nickel’s	36.11%	37.78	37.78	16.99	Cascade
61	CHO10 Buffalo Nickels w/varieties	41.67%	54.78	54.78	16.75	claudeh
62	Thomas Buffalo Nickel Set with Varieties	58.33%	33.45	33.45	16.49	rogert
63	Otto Flynt 3/25 P BX	45.83%	62.50	62.50	16.19	OttoFlynt
64	Golden Collection Registry	34.72%	63.01	63.01	14.96	[email protected]
65	blake.j.lanning	44.44%	54.60	54.60	14.73	[email protected]
66	The R. S. Gore Collection	40.28%	64.92	64.92	14.48	rgore1793
67	shsusa - Buff 5C w-MajVar Circ	43.06%	61.40	61.40	14.36	shsusa
68	Schwinck	43.06%	53.04	53.04	14.31	Dirdog
69	Melvin D. Souza	27.78%	64.85	64.85	14.00	mel6468_2004
70	JohnM	41.67%	64.13	64.13	13.84	JohnM
71	rjcent	37.50%	59.84	59.84	13.56	rjcent
72	ForMyKids	52.78%	24.26	24.26	13.26	ForMyKids
73	Miguel's Bisons	36.11%	40.07	40.07	12.97	MIGUELLOPEZ
74	Robert N Lockey	33.33%	56.65	56.65	12.84	rlockey
75	Black Heron Buffalos	43.06%	41.45	41.45	12.82	[email protected]
76	The Great Plains Collection	37.50%	60.60	60.60	12.64	pcappraisal
77	john.bennett	55.56%	27.22	27.22	12.63	[email protected]
78	mepaglet	34.72%	63.78	63.78	12.39	mepaglet
79	kgzpop	38.89%	61.93	61.93	12.25	kgzpop
80	Roamin' Buffs	40.28%	64.40	64.40	12.05	[email protected]
81	Bear Creek Collection	30.56%	64.58	64.58	11.15	BearCreek
82	bufalini	37.50%	30.91	30.91	11.01	minnmoney
83	bkd	31.94%	37.51	37.51	10.93	bkd
84	ATHENA	20.83%	66.10	66.17	10.71	ATHENA
85	1buff2many	29.17%	37.95	37.95	10.10	1buff2many
86	RLT	22.22%	57.44	57.44	09.71	Richard
87	lamarr	30.56%	37.30	37.30	09.53	lamarr
88	SCH - Buffalo Nickels with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes	23.61%	48.34	48.34	09.39	Silver Coin Hunter
89	Cris Howell	34.72%	62.12	62.12	09.38	ckhowell
90	Jesh	29.17%	64.41	64.41	09.27	Jesh
91	Sarah Faith	27.78%	57.33	57.33	08.87	atmybest
92	J & D COLLECTS	27.78%	63.89	63.89	08.50	J & D COLLECTS
93	Buffalos Set #2	30.56%	42.37	42.37	07.92	Maesto119
94	romanose05	15.28%	54.50	54.50	07.84	romanose05
95	Harry Behemoth	33.33%	27.55	27.55	07.73	Harry Behemoth
96	TD Buffalo Nickels MS with Major Varieties (1913-1938)	20.83%	46.57	46.57	07.71	[email protected]
97	boraoul	26.39%	46.52	46.52	07.70	boraoul
98	A Little Bit of Pepper YN	23.61%	59.26	59.26	07.46	Anonymous
99	Cen-Cal	22.22%	63.10	63.10	07.04	Cen-Cal
100	hcv1116	26.39%	64.73	64.73	06.99	hcv1116
101	Consi222	22.22%	64.65	64.65	06.98	Consi222
102	[email protected]	22.22%	65.03	65.03	06.78	Anonymous
103	Rubyred	13.89%	62.02	62.02	06.69	Rubyred
104	Jackson Family Collection	22.22%	64.39	64.39	06.49	Jackson Family Collection
105	buffs for nuttin	12.50%	36.61	36.61	06.45	mpwood5318
106	Terry's Buffalo Herd	25.00%	64.94	64.94	06.31	tmlawes
107	ajia	33.33%	23.81	23.81	06.25	ajia
108	la662	15.28%	42.37	42.37	05.79	[email protected]
109	donut492	13.89%	32.14	32.14	05.78	donut492
110	flooremd	16.67%	60.96	60.96	05.70	flooremd
111	Tpmjr2004	33.33%	22.97	22.97	05.29	Tpmjr2004
112	STEVEK	15.28%	31.74	31.74	04.79	STEVEK
113	Raymond Collection	16.67%	31.73	31.73	04.56	sparksr25
114	Kirk Weaver	19.44%	34.86	34.86	04.39	Kirk Weaver
115	J.D.'s Buffalo Nickels	13.89%	45.02	45.02	04.21	jdemetriff
116	Vinny Kid	63.89%	6.37	6.37	03.80	Vinny Kid
117	Tye	13.89%	65.19	65.19	03.75	Tye
118	cross1942	15.28%	64.88	64.88	03.73	cross1942
119	The Sandoval Collection	9.72%	54.06	54.06	03.50	[email protected]
120	Bscoincollector	11.11%	17.74	17.74	03.19	Bscoincollector
121	[email protected] UPDATED	18.06%	23.05	23.05	03.15	Anonymous
122	Buffalo Nickels UPDATED	8.33%	48.59	48.59	02.97	[email protected]
123	wcordery	11.11%	66.17	66.17	02.86	wcordery
124	The Graydon Collection	13.89%	65.00	65.00	02.81	dgraydon
125	James Dire Buffalo nickels circulation strikes 1913-38	9.72%	66.80	66.80	02.40	[email protected]
126	Taz	11.11%	65.56	65.56	02.12	Taz
127	Buffalo Nickel Set	6.94%	65.17	65.17	01.41	beercans
128	john doe	4.17%	64.67	64.67	01.40	john doe
129	RoadRunner60	2.78%	64.33	64.33	00.69	RoadRunner60
130	Hawks7	4.17%	60.33	60.33	00.65	Hawks7
131	Sparkmeister	2.78%	65.00	65.00	00.47	Sparkmeister