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1938 Nickel

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Type: Buffalo Nickel Year: 1938 Mint Mark: D Face Value: 0.05 USD Total Produced: 7,020,000 Silver Content: 0% Numismatic Value: $6.5 to $44.00 Value: As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around $6.5, while one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $44 at auction. 1938 D Jefferson Nickel CoinTrackers.com has estimated the 1938 D Jefferson Nickel value at an average of $2, one in certified mint state (MS+) could be worth $150. Dec 02, 2013 1938- jefferson nickel Still in production today, the Jefferson Nickel has become a familiar coin to generations of Americans. Introduced in 1938, it is the only one of our current coins being made in its original composition, though this continuity was interrupted briefly by the emergency of World War II. Sycuan bingo times.

Indian Head Nickel - Line Type

Minted at: Denver

Metal Composition: 75% Copper - 25% Nickel

Mass / Weight: 5 grams

What This Coin Looks Like (Obverse, Reverse, Mint Mark Location, Special Features, etc.):

1938 Buffalo Nickel Value

1938 nickel no mint mark
Coin Value Chart: Typical Coin Prices, Values and Worth in USD based on Grade/Condition
Good
(G-4)
Very Good
(VG-8)
Fine
(F-12)
Very Fine
(VF-20)
Extremely Fine
(EF-40)
About Uncirculated
(AU-50)
Uncirculated
(MS-60)
Uncirculated
(MS-63)
Proof
(PR-63)
$3.70$4.30$4.89$5.16$5.43$8.69$23$39-

USA Coin Book Estimated Value of 1938-D Buffalo Nickel is Worth $4.30 in Average Condition and can be Worth $23 to $39 or more in Uncirculated (MS+) Mint Condition. Click here to Learn How to use Coin Price Charts. Also, click here to Learn About Grading Coins. The Melt Value shown below is how Valuable the Coin's Metal is Worth (bare minimum value of coin). Click here to see the Melt Value of every US Coin.
1938 nickel error
1938 nickel value

MELT VALUE: $0.0524


66 items found

Nickel
  • $4.29
  • $5.00
  • $45.00
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  • $36.00
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  • $28.00
  • $56.00
    Seller: ncrutcher
    Certification Agency: ICG
    Certification Number: 7939493801
    Condition: MS 66+
  • Circulated but nice ,check pics. Horns all there !
    Seller: VintageGuitarist
    Condition: Circulated
  • Seller: Zpro1111
  • Seller: Zpro1111
  • Seller: Picasso2015
    Certification Agency: NGC
    Certification Number: 4519373-001
    Condition: MS 66
  • $4.50
  • $61.95
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    Seller: Adventurecoins
    Certification Agency: PCGS
    Certification Number: 3984.66/36407993
    Condition: PCGS MS 66
  • $72.50
    or Best Offer
    Free Shipping
    Seller: numismaticnook
    Certification Agency: PCGS
    Certification Number: 39885293
    Condition: MS66
  • Seller: parroro1628
    Certification Agency: US Mint
    Certification Number: Uncertified
    Condition: X.F.
  • $44.95
    Seller: CoinSaver
    Certification Agency: ANACS
    Certification Number: 2846336
    Condition: MS 66 -- Gem Uncirculated
  • I have never and will never clean my coins. Every coin is as I received it.
    Seller: Wizardman
    Condition: VG
  • I have never and will never clean my coins. Every coin is as I received it.
    Seller: Wizardman
    Condition: F
  • $34.00
  • Seller: tecoins
    Condition: MS63
  • $16.00
  • Seller: jameson11
    Condition: Vg
  • $83.00
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    Seller: Picasso2015
    Certification Agency: ANACS
    Certification Number: 6024004
    Condition: MS-66
  • $25.00
  • $21.95
  • Seller: HarrysStuff
    Condition: VF 25

1938 Nickel D


  • 1938 Buffalo Nickel
1938
Coin Value Chart: Typical Coin Prices, Values and Worth in USD based on Grade/Condition
Good
(G-4)
Very Good
(VG-8)
Fine
(F-12)
Very Fine
(VF-20)
Extremely Fine
(EF-40)
About Uncirculated
(AU-50)
Uncirculated
(MS-60)
Uncirculated
(MS-63)
Proof
(PR-63)
$3.70$4.30$4.89$5.16$5.43$8.69$23$39-

USA Coin Book Estimated Value of 1938-D Buffalo Nickel is Worth $4.30 in Average Condition and can be Worth $23 to $39 or more in Uncirculated (MS+) Mint Condition. Click here to Learn How to use Coin Price Charts. Also, click here to Learn About Grading Coins. The Melt Value shown below is how Valuable the Coin's Metal is Worth (bare minimum value of coin). Click here to see the Melt Value of every US Coin.
MELT VALUE: $0.0524


66 items found

  • $4.29
  • $5.00
  • $45.00
    Free Shipping
  • $36.00
    Free Shipping
  • $28.00
  • $56.00
    Seller: ncrutcher
    Certification Agency: ICG
    Certification Number: 7939493801
    Condition: MS 66+
  • Circulated but nice ,check pics. Horns all there !
    Seller: VintageGuitarist
    Condition: Circulated
  • Seller: Zpro1111
  • Seller: Zpro1111
  • Seller: Picasso2015
    Certification Agency: NGC
    Certification Number: 4519373-001
    Condition: MS 66
  • $4.50
  • $61.95
    Free Shipping
    Seller: Adventurecoins
    Certification Agency: PCGS
    Certification Number: 3984.66/36407993
    Condition: PCGS MS 66
  • $72.50
    or Best Offer
    Free Shipping
    Seller: numismaticnook
    Certification Agency: PCGS
    Certification Number: 39885293
    Condition: MS66
  • Seller: parroro1628
    Certification Agency: US Mint
    Certification Number: Uncertified
    Condition: X.F.
  • $44.95
    Seller: CoinSaver
    Certification Agency: ANACS
    Certification Number: 2846336
    Condition: MS 66 -- Gem Uncirculated
  • I have never and will never clean my coins. Every coin is as I received it.
    Seller: Wizardman
    Condition: VG
  • I have never and will never clean my coins. Every coin is as I received it.
    Seller: Wizardman
    Condition: F
  • $34.00
  • Seller: tecoins
    Condition: MS63
  • $16.00
  • Seller: jameson11
    Condition: Vg
  • $83.00
    Free Shipping
    Seller: Picasso2015
    Certification Agency: ANACS
    Certification Number: 6024004
    Condition: MS-66
  • $25.00
  • $21.95
  • Seller: HarrysStuff
    Condition: VF 25

1938 Nickel D


  • 1938 Buffalo Nickel
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Coin Info

1938 Nickel Silver Content

N/A
United States
Copper Coin
$0.05 USD

1938 Nickel Jefferson

7,020,000
U.S. Mint

1938 Nickel

1938

With the Buffalo nickel series winding down and a contest already opened for artists to submit designs for the proposed Jefferson nickel, Buffaloes were made in small quantities in 1938. In fact, only the Denver mint struck Buffalo nickels in 1938, with a total mintage of 7,020,000. Despite their relatively small mintage figure, 1938 Buffalo nickels are not generally considered all that scarce, and can be had for about $5 in the lower circulated grades. Cash4life nj. Even in Mint State 60, the value of a 1938-D Buffalo nickel is only around $35.

There is one significant die variation for 1938-D Buffalo nickels, and that is the 1938-D D-over-S variety. Interestingly, the 1938-D D-over-S Buffalo nickel was the first repunched mintmark U.S. coin variety to have ever been discovered, and caused much excitement in the numismatic community when these coins were first publicized in 1962. Despite the novelty of the 1938-D D-over-S nickel, they are not very expensive to buy, at only $6 in Good-4 and $60 in Mint State 60. There were no proof Buffalo nickels made in 1938 – the brand new Jefferson nickel took the honor of representing five-cent coins among the proof offerings of that year.

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