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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 26413801, member: 13650"]As someone who just completed the buffalo nickel set and spent the last couple months chasing down the last key dates, the 1913 Type 1 buffalo nickel is not what I'd consider a key date. Nearly 31 million mintage. I got a MS-66 example for under $200 for my US Type. </p><p><br /></p><p> You should pursue the actual low mintage ones of that series. 13-S type 2 is the key to the series. </p><p> 15-S, 21-S. Those are hard to come by. Steep rise in price for better condition ones. </p><p> In the earlier years people weren't saving them. The only reason the 1913 type 1 is readily available in high grade is because of huge mintage. By the 30s people were paying attention and more people were saving stuff. The 26-S has the lowest mintage but must have a lot of survivors because it's still reasonable below EF. </p><p><br /></p><p> The 1921 high relief Peace would be a good candidate. People are always looking for them. I bought one at the end of 2020 for my US type and the value doubled the next year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 26413801, member: 13650"]As someone who just completed the buffalo nickel set and spent the last couple months chasing down the last key dates, the 1913 Type 1 buffalo nickel is not what I'd consider a key date. Nearly 31 million mintage. I got a MS-66 example for under $200 for my US Type. You should pursue the actual low mintage ones of that series. 13-S type 2 is the key to the series. 15-S, 21-S. Those are hard to come by. Steep rise in price for better condition ones. In the earlier years people weren't saving them. The only reason the 1913 type 1 is readily available in high grade is because of huge mintage. By the 30s people were paying attention and more people were saving stuff. The 26-S has the lowest mintage but must have a lot of survivors because it's still reasonable below EF. The 1921 high relief Peace would be a good candidate. People are always looking for them. I bought one at the end of 2020 for my US type and the value doubled the next year.[/QUOTE]
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