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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3106432, member: 10461"]As the previous respondent mentioned, it is a 1<b><u>9</u></b>19-S Buffalo nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to 1866, there was no such thing as a "nickel", meaning the copper-alloy five-cent coin as we know it today. An 1819 five-cent coin would be a <i>half dime</i>, which was a much smaller silver coin. Except they didn't even strike half dimes in 1819. There were no five cent coins at all struck in that year.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- if you got that in change, then yes, it's a pretty good find. <a href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=bufnkl&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=11912600&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=bufnkl&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=11912600&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms" rel="nofollow">Worth about eight bucks in G4 grade</a>. (Yours might only be an AG3- not quite G4- so figure about six bucks or so.) It is authentic but not an error coin. And you're not gonna get rich off of it, but since you presumably paid a nickel for it, you're doin' pretty well. It's neat to find any Buffalo nickel in change, particularly a mintmarked early date like that. On the rare occasions when one finds them in circulation, the dates are usually worn off completely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3106432, member: 10461"]As the previous respondent mentioned, it is a 1[B][U]9[/U][/B]19-S Buffalo nickel. Prior to 1866, there was no such thing as a "nickel", meaning the copper-alloy five-cent coin as we know it today. An 1819 five-cent coin would be a [I]half dime[/I], which was a much smaller silver coin. Except they didn't even strike half dimes in 1819. There were no five cent coins at all struck in that year. PS- if you got that in change, then yes, it's a pretty good find. [URL='http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=bufnkl&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search=any&nmcode=11912600&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms']Worth about eight bucks in G4 grade[/URL]. (Yours might only be an AG3- not quite G4- so figure about six bucks or so.) It is authentic but not an error coin. And you're not gonna get rich off of it, but since you presumably paid a nickel for it, you're doin' pretty well. It's neat to find any Buffalo nickel in change, particularly a mintmarked early date like that. On the rare occasions when one finds them in circulation, the dates are usually worn off completely.[/QUOTE]
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