Buffalo Nickels Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1913-1938) Current Finest List

Number of
Required Items

Current Finest
Possible Set Rating

68.174

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. The challenge in the Basic set consists of most of the "S" mints struck between 1915 and 1928. In particular, the 1926 is a very tough coin in high grade. Strike is a problem on many of these, and getting a sharp and lustrous top grade example is very difficult.

Current Finest

Rank	Set Name	% Complete	GPA Weighted	GPA with Top Pop Bonuses	Set Rating	User
1	The JDG Trust Collection 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 10 2024 2025	100.00%	66.85	67.75	67.75	lunagately
2	Naples Collection 2024 2025	100.00%	66.70	67.27	67.27	[email protected]
3	Teton Buffaloes	100.00%	66.34	66.46	66.46	bbuckner
4	The Grand Cru Collection UPDATED	100.00%	66.29	66.46	66.46	Love Collector
5	Rafus- Buffalo Circulation Set	100.00%	66.22	66.34	66.34	Rafus
6	An Ohio Collector	100.00%	66.25	66.32	66.32	z20014
7	East Coast Collection	100.00%	65.93	65.98	65.98	eccollection
8	KCV Herd	100.00%	65.85	65.87	65.87	kurtskoins
9	Gosnell Collection	100.00%	65.77	65.79	65.79	Anonymous
10	Platte Valley Buffalo Nickel	100.00%	65.21	65.21	65.21	St Olaf 82
11	driftwood buffalo nickels basic set	100.00%	65.02	65.02	65.02	driftwood
12	Redfisharmy Buffs	100.00%	64.97	64.97	64.97	redfisharmy
13	The Riverside Collection	100.00%	64.69	64.69	64.69	Riverside
14	ADPBuffalos	100.00%	64.42	64.42	64.42	DUPH
15	MDB's Buffalo Nickels	100.00%	64.21	64.21	64.21	55Baldy
16	FMurphy	100.00%	64.11	64.11	64.11	FMurphy
17	Wineman	100.00%	64.01	64.01	64.01	myeatts
18	Los Gatos Collection	100.00%	64.01	64.01	64.01	Los Gatos Collection
19	Southern Mountain	100.00%	63.90	63.90	63.90	Anonymous
20	William E. Corum	98.44%	65.75	65.75	63.70	bulincs
21	Pittsburgh Coin Collector	100.00%	63.57	63.57	63.57	Pittsburgh Coin Collector
22	CoolKarma's Buffalos	100.00%	63.47	63.47	63.47	CoolKarma
23	Tim's Buffalo Nickel Circulation Strike Set	100.00%	63.45	63.45	63.45	[email protected]
24	angelo99	100.00%	63.38	63.38	63.38	angelo208
25	CRD	98.44%	64.31	64.31	63.17	SirJed
26	MTB	100.00%	62.83	62.83	62.83	MARKTBROWN
27	Runnin_Texan	100.00%	62.46	62.46	62.46	RV77494
28	buffalo herd grazing in old holders	100.00%	62.42	62.42	62.42	Kliney
29	SJO	100.00%	61.77	61.77	61.77	SJO
30	Chris Heeren Collection	98.44%	62.59	62.59	61.20	Chris Heeren Collection
31	Robinette Collection	100.00%	61.15	61.15	61.15	supamonk
32	ad4400 2017 2019	100.00%	60.84	60.84	60.84	[email protected]
33	The Wydeven Collection-TRUEVIEW Herd	100.00%	60.77	60.77	60.77	Ted III
34	My Buffalo Set	100.00%	60.29	60.29	60.29	Craigareynolds
35	lostmountainman	100.00%	60.25	60.25	60.25	lostmountainman
36	Freddoc	96.88%	64.11	64.11	60.10	Freddoc
37	JReevesTx	100.00%	59.81	59.81	59.81	JReevesTx
38	Dale's Mill Creek Buffs	100.00%	59.27	59.27	59.27	Dale Grothe
39	KozMc Buffs	100.00%	58.87	58.87	58.87	kozman1
40	long3218 UPDATED	100.00%	58.71	58.71	58.71	long3218
41	Charlie's Buffalos	100.00%	58.25	58.25	58.25	Charlie's Coins
42	Buffalo Hunter	100.00%	58.02	58.02	58.02	Buffalo Hunter
43	Buffalo Nickels by Alzvette	98.44%	57.52	57.52	57.26	ldrc
44	Darren's Mighty Buffalo"s	100.00%	56.83	56.83	56.83	Eblair49
45	dgooch	95.31%	63.19	63.19	56.71	dgooch
46	BuffaloHunter's whole herd	96.88%	60.36	60.36	56.58	buffalohunter
47	A2Buffaloes UPDATED	100.00%	56.35	56.35	56.35	KB's coins
48	Twoandys	100.00%	55.28	55.28	55.28	wanderso
49	Zeff	93.75%	61.84	61.84	54.94	Zeff
50	M.E. Stewart Collections	100.00%	54.90	54.90	54.90	RickyRacer
51	[email protected]	96.88%	57.78	57.78	54.68	Anonymous
52	danical57	90.63%	64.29	64.29	54.25	danical57
53	M J Hess Collections, Basic Buffalo Set	100.00%	54.04	54.04	54.04	mjhess
54	KRP BUFFALOS	100.00%	52.51	52.51	52.51	KRP BUFFALOS
55	[email protected]	89.06%	64.52	64.52	51.84	Jamescoin
56	Michal S PL	93.75%	55.02	55.02	51.09	Michal S PL
57	mjplays	89.06%	64.24	64.24	51.05	mjplays
58	CCcoiner	96.88%	52.44	52.44	50.10	CCcoiner
59	A Brown's Black Diamond Mine CIRC Set UPDATED	85.94%	62.26	62.26	48.92	Black Diamond Mine
60	Buddy girls collection	96.88%	48.06	48.06	45.70	Buddy girls cards
61	ptravis50	98.44%	45.84	45.84	45.43	ptravis50
62	sogalaw	84.38%	62.44	62.44	44.88	sogalaw
63	Mankado's Herd	79.69%	65.07	65.07	42.99	Mankado
64	Paulie's Buffalos	100.00%	42.70	42.70	42.70	Paulie's_Coins
65	Bad Habit	68.75%	63.83	63.83	42.46	Bad Habit
66	J & S Collection	84.38%	56.22	56.22	41.92	jim48jk
67	The Wydeven Collection - JV Herd	87.50%	45.85	45.85	41.14	Ted III
68	gthorn4549	79.69%	63.39	63.39	41.04	[email protected]
69	PDSAMG	90.63%	48.10	48.10	41.01	PDSAMG
70	Dave's Business Strike Buffalo Nickels	90.63%	44.69	44.69	39.90	uscoinguy
71	BuffaloBrothersCoin	87.50%	44.42	44.42	39.86	BuffaloBrothersCoin
72	Ozark's Thundering Herd 2	73.44%	57.62	57.62	39.62	mokando
73	alr007	75.00%	55.83	55.83	39.13	alr007
74	BigBrushy-120	71.88%	49.69	49.69	38.82	[email protected]
75	A’s Coin Collection	93.75%	40.92	40.92	37.63	A’s Coin Collection
76	D T M. / Lan	64.06%	64.82	64.82	37.62	msmanufacturing
77	john.holt50	100.00%	35.88	35.88	35.88	[email protected]
78	sparrow	95.31%	37.16	37.16	35.50	sparrow
79	The Wood Collection	68.75%	65.65	65.65	32.24	RWood
80	TG Buffalo Nicks	68.75%	50.52	50.52	32.02	Anonymous
81	Bruce's Buffalos	59.38%	63.62	63.62	31.81	bruceanddoris
82	Dr. Paul's Tatanka Collection	68.75%	64.52	64.52	31.11	pagerman1
83	Longacre59	67.19%	54.83	54.83	29.86	Longacre59
84	sby999	65.63%	59.69	59.69	29.04	sby999
85	Big Al's Buffs UPDATED	48.44%	63.40	63.40	28.87	[email protected]
86	mrbigglesworth_2	57.81%	54.42	54.42	27.94	[email protected]
87	LA buffs circ	60.94%	65.79	65.79	26.44	mccronecpa
88	Bryan's Set	60.94%	49.97	49.97	26.32	bruinbulldog
89	Ryan795	96.88%	27.54	27.54	26.31	Ryan795
90	b bergmann buffalo's	64.06%	45.94	45.94	25.63	bbergmann
91	obxpond	56.25%	64.14	64.14	24.05	ponderit
92	CBH Buffalo Nickel Collection	59.38%	65.61	65.61	24.02	chiefmaxell
93	Connecticoin	57.81%	57.67	57.67	23.94	Connecticoin
94	TLR Buffalo Nickels - Basic Set	48.44%	51.52	51.52	23.69	TLR
95	Aspie-Rocco Ranch	93.75%	23.44	23.44	21.45	Aspie-Rocco
96	VANDERBILT	32.81%	64.79	64.79	21.12	hbvjr
97	rick's half dollars	64.06%	32.97	32.97	21.05	rick's half dollars
98	Paul's Buffalo Nickels	100.00%	20.96	20.96	20.96	ppbjerke
99	The Colorado Buffs	54.69%	64.43	64.43	20.13	jmconklin
100	ROJ	40.63%	48.71	48.71	19.79	ROJ
101	Dave's Set	50.00%	63.03	63.03	19.42	mcdave
102	CHO10-Buffalo Nickels Basic Set, Circulation Strikes	42.19%	56.73	56.73	19.25	claudeh
103	Texas Buffalo Nickels	64.06%	32.81	32.81	19.19	rogert
104	Buffalo Stampede	42.19%	61.17	61.17	18.57	paul-dy
105	Golden Collection Registry	37.50%	62.96	62.96	18.27	[email protected]
106	blake.j.lanning	48.44%	53.89	53.89	17.80	[email protected]
107	USAFRETWI	25.00%	46.35	46.35	16.97	USAFRETWI
108	Schwinck	45.31%	52.54	52.54	16.89	Dirdog
109	shsusa - Buff 5C Basic Circ 1913-38	43.75%	63.89	63.89	15.69	shsusa
110	Rmem5492	31.25%	64.51	64.51	15.26	Rmem5492
111	The R.S.Gore Collection	40.63%	65.15	65.15	15.13	rgore1793
112	rjcent	37.50%	62.77	62.77	14.85	rjcent
113	john.bennett	59.38%	26.32	26.32	14.80	[email protected]
114	cuda	37.50%	42.37	42.37	14.75	cuda
115	Miearspharmacy	42.19%	65.58	65.58	14.64	Miearspharmacy
116	Quantumnavy	39.06%	46.74	46.74	14.61	Quantumnavy
117	TIMOTHY J	34.38%	55.61	55.61	14.15	TIMOTHY J
118	hjp1957	29.69%	48.46	48.46	14.06	[email protected]
119	R.P. Clark	45.31%	42.38	42.38	14.00	collectorrpc
120	The Elemental Collection - Buffalo Nickels UPDATED	32.81%	62.09	62.09	13.86	FrankBalena
121	Buffalo Nickels Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1913-1938)	39.06%	64.56	64.56	13.83	mclarke53
122	Bear Creek Collection	32.81%	64.48	64.48	13.82	BearCreek
123	Remmahtam	31.25%	61.22	61.22	13.39	Remmahtam
124	buffalini	40.63%	31.40	31.40	13.32	minnmoney
125	hlamcke	17.19%	64.89	64.89	13.04	hlamcke
126	Teton Buffaloes set 2	28.13%	65.27	65.27	11.95	bbuckner
127	Texas-007	35.94%	50.15	50.15	11.87	Texas-007
128	R Castelino	23.44%	66.36	66.36	11.85	Anonymous
129	fishbackwoods	34.38%	51.24	51.24	11.67	fishbackwoods
130	lamarr	31.25%	35.80	35.80	11.03	lamarr
131	ckhowell	35.94%	61.82	61.82	10.76	ckhowell
132	The Gypsy Collection	29.69%	64.20	64.20	10.60	Jesh
133	J. R. Robinson Collection	32.81%	50.11	50.11	10.51	J.R.Robinson
134	jumpup88	31.25%	43.34	43.34	09.87	jumpup88
135	Harry Behemoth	37.50%	27.55	27.55	09.59	Harry Behemoth
136	1buff2many	25.00%	35.14	35.14	09.10	1buff2many
137	Cen-Cal	25.00%	63.10	63.10	08.73	Cen-Cal
138	jmb063	32.81%	33.88	33.88	08.62	jmb063
139	boraoul	26.56%	48.96	48.96	08.52	boraoul
140	Montana Collection	23.44%	55.09	55.09	08.12	HIGHMARK
141	Consi222	21.88%	64.61	64.61	07.79	Consi222
142	Lbonser	26.56%	53.72	53.72	07.67	Lbonser
143	rmorgan2	21.88%	66.04	66.04	07.67	rmorgan2
144	Poulan Collection	25.00%	65.00	65.00	07.54	Poulan Collection
145	"A Little Bit of Pepper" YN	21.88%	64.69	64.69	07.51	Anonymous
146	ajia	35.94%	22.92	22.92	07.47	ajia
147	Rad Buffalos	26.56%	44.03	44.03	07.47	Anonymous
148	The Fleenor Collection	21.88%	59.93	59.93	07.22	MFleenor
149	Jackson Family Collection	21.88%	64.24	64.24	07.17	Jackson Family Collection
150	Jonesy Circulated Buffalo Set	12.50%	37.71	37.71	07.07	Jonesy
151	gabriel	23.44%	57.19	57.19	06.89	gabriel
152	OVGJR	21.88%	64.17	64.17	06.88	OVGJR
153	Numismatist Enthusiast69	20.31%	64.08	64.08	06.87	Numismatist Enthusiast69
154	CPS COLLECTION	23.44%	64.04	64.04	06.86	CPS COLLECTION
155	A small Missouri Herd	23.44%	53.62	53.62	06.22	emptypockets
156	HKnJameses	20.31%	51.44	51.44	06.20	HKnJames
157	nosam	21.88%	22.93	22.93	06.14	nosam
158	CSF	21.88%	65.00	65.00	06.09	neocacher
159	Siren	20.31%	63.86	63.86	05.99	Siren
160	ripy	18.75%	65.45	65.45	05.55	ripy
161	A simple Buffalo collection	17.19%	65.11	65.11	05.52	crazyabautcoins
162	The Milentius II Set	14.06%	65.18	65.18	04.95	FastRudy
163	turtleboy23	12.50%	63.06	63.06	04.79	turtleboy23
164	Vinny Kid	71.88%	6.37	6.37	04.75	Vinny Kid
165	MVSMerlin Basic Buffs	15.63%	24.56	24.56	04.71	MVSMerlin
166	TigersFan	18.75%	23.36	23.36	04.69	TigersFan
167	mtitamu	12.50%	63.40	63.40	04.25	mtitamu
168	Tye	14.06%	65.21	65.21	04.08	Tye
169	[email protected]	15.63%	64.71	64.71	04.04	WH34285
170	Bretsan	12.50%	57.73	57.73	03.87	Bretsan
171	timcarroll22	15.63%	65.31	65.31	03.79	timcarroll22
172	[email protected] UPDATED	18.75%	21.92	21.92	03.62	Anonymous
173	J W M Buffalo Basic Set	14.06%	66.13	66.13	03.54	JWMGT90
174	rushmore98	28.13%	12.40	12.40	03.49	rushmore98
175	Buffalo Nickels Circulation Strike - DGR	10.94%	65.00	65.00	03.48	drears
176	FireBirder31	12.50%	64.17	64.17	03.44	FireBirder31
177	steve hamilton	14.06%	64.08	64.08	03.43	hgearshift
178	colt38super	12.50%	56.00	56.00	03.25	colt38super
179	RSD	10.94%	64.55	64.55	03.17	PhxCC
180	The Kyle Collection - Buffalo Nickels Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1913-1938)	12.50%	64.45	64.45	03.17	kylettu
181	Wardrop1	3.13%	46.60	46.60	03.12	Wardrop1
182	BenB	12.50%	63.09	63.09	03.10	BenB
183	William Benefield Buffalo Nickels Circulation Strikes	10.94%	57.42	57.42	03.08	[email protected]
184	MMitchell	20.31%	13.90	13.90	03.04	MMitchell
185	bb's Buffalo Nickel Set	10.94%	66.20	66.20	02.96	[email protected]
186	lasteve	7.81%	63.10	63.10	02.82	stevelaplace
187	Hans Gruber	10.94%	59.90	59.90	02.67	Hans Gruber
188	The Graydon Collection	12.50%	65.00	65.00	02.61	dgraydon
189	mbenzmike	6.25%	65.00	65.00	02.61	mbenzmike
190	[email protected]	6.25%	65.88	65.88	02.35	Anonymous
191	Missimer	7.81%	38.62	38.62	02.24	Missimer
192	john doe	4.69%	64.67	64.67	01.73	john doe
193	A. R. S. Collection	10.94%	32.17	32.17	01.72	fcloud
194	BrandonBonner	6.25%	25.21	25.21	01.58	BrandonBonner
195	Coppernicus Buffalo Herd	4.69%	65.60	65.60	01.46	Coppernicus
196	Big Papa Norm	7.81%	64.80	64.80	01.45	lakotaluke
197	D.R.V. Buffalo Nickels	3.13%	65.33	65.33	00.88	dverdine
197	IPLUMBU	3.13%	65.33	65.33	00.88	IPLUMBU
199	Troy McPhail	1.56%	58.00	58.00	00.78	Troy McPhail
200	Guttrott	12.50%	4.22	4.22	00.51	Guttrott
201	Big Shep	1.56%	65.00	65.00	00.29	Big Shep