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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mac266, post: 992139, member: 26371&quot;]1- Coins tone because of many factors -- air pollution, heat, cigarette smoke in your house, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>2- There is no such thing as &quot;an average buffalo nickel.&quot;&nbsp; Any coin&#039;s value is based on its condition and rarity.&nbsp; To know how rare a coin is, one would have to know its date and mint mark, plus any variety it might be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me use an example from the Mercury dime set, because that&#039;s what I collect.&nbsp; The 1916 dime in AU-58 condition might be worth as much as $15 (I&#039;m guessing, because it&#039;s been years since I bought that coin), but the 1916-D in the same condition would be worth upwards of $40,000 because it&#039;s more rare and much sought-after.&nbsp; Same year, different mint mark.&nbsp; One is common, the other isn&#039;t.&nbsp; Coins that are in worse condition are worth less; whereas, coins in better condition are worth more.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same holds true with any coin series, such as the buffalo nickels you asked about.&nbsp; There are a lot of varieties in that series to take into account, too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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