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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3089998, member: 10461&quot;]This is <i>not</i> an error coin.&nbsp; It <i>is</i> a better date.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s better than just any 1914 Buffalo nickel, since it bears the &quot;D&quot; mintmark of Denver at the bottom of the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is, therefore, a 1914<b><i>-</i><u>D</u> </b>Buffalo nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>As such, it is worth more than the 1914 &quot;plain&quot; Philadelphia coins (which had no mintmark).</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin appears to have about VF (Very Fine) details to my eye, based on the full horn on the buffalo.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=bufnkl&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=11910800&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=bufnkl&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=11910800&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms" rel="nofollow">Here are the Numismedia trend prices</a> for the 1914-D Buffalo nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>In VF20, it lists for $162.&nbsp; Now, do bear in mind that your coin might have been cleaned or might have some slight environmental damage (minor micro-<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=porosity" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=porosity" rel="nofollow">porosity</a>)&nbsp; The surfaces look a tiny bit rough to me - not awful - but it&#039;s hard to say from the photos, really.&nbsp; Imperfections to the surfaces might bring the price down a little bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, not a bad coin at all!</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- all of this is under the assumption that it is real and not a cast counterfeit (which would account for why the surfaces look a bit &quot;off&quot;).&nbsp; I personally do not see any <i>obvious</i> red flags that it&#039;s a fake, but in recent years, Chinese counterfeits have gotten more sophisticated.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; I <i>assume</i> it&#039;s OK, but you&#039;ll want to get other opinions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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