2005 Buffalo nickel is actually a coin that has an image engraved that of a bison. The face of this bison is towards the left. If you are a lucky one then this coin which mentions five cents and you are able to have one, it can sell up to 2000 dollars. It sounds ironic that usually you cannot buy much of stuff with a 5 cent coin but this 2005 Buffalo nickel way more worth than that. Here is the fun fact that these coins are worth loads of money. The coin with a speared bison have been sold in $2250 on eBay. Shocking as it may sound but this is true.
The reason for such increased value for the coin was attributed to the unintentional mistake it had while making. The business had a line going through from the middle earning it the name of ‘speared bison’. As soon as people had learned about the speared bison its value increased dramatically. The coins produced earlier had the business facing right while this coin had it facing left. It is strange that one’s facing right with no mistake are only five cents. While these ones with business facing left and having a spear passing through have high prices.
The auction in October 2020 which sold the coin in $2250 made these coins worth more valuable. But that was just the beginning. Why because if you visit eBay you will find these coins selling at much higher prices. The starting ones are still $300, $400, $500. It pretty much depends upon the condition of the coin as well as to in what amount they will be sold.
The 2005 buffalo nickels were produced in 500,000,000 number in 2005. Not all of them had the mistake which made it worth thousand of dollars. These coins like the mistake were rare. The coins got it’s attention due to the spear passing through it. The number of the coins with the mistake is unknown but there is a chance that you can be lucky enough to find one of these bisons in your change and make a fortune with it.
There are number of coins out there which have their value in millions. Especially the nickels. You may want to get your hands on those as well. Nevertheless simply having the 2005 Buffalo nickel giving you a chance of earning not millions but thousands of dollars is still worth it. So next time when you have your change in your pocket do not miss out on a chance to go through them thoroughly see if it is your lucky day to find a speared bison lurking around. Maybe making mistakes at making currency coins us never a good idea but this one here has gained a lot of attention and made much of a fortune.
Which is the most valuable coin?
You never know from where you can make a fortune. It can be resting in your purse waiting to be cashed. There are the coins with actually least of value but if you got a chance to have one of those rare coins in your property you can win a big chunk of cash out of it. Yes there are certain coins which have made them worth thousands or millions of dollars.
The rarest and valuable found you have equally rare chance of having with you are the 1943 Copper penny and Wisconsin State quarters. They have been auctioned at quite a hefty price. However there is still a much rare and most valuable coin 1913 Liberty Head V Nickel which has be sold in an auction $4.5 million.
There is a story to go with these nickels. They were supposed to go through a minting process and the head of the woman was to be replaced with a buffalo. Due to the unknown reasons only five coins had gone through the process. This is what had made these coins rare and valuable.
If we are being optimistic there is still a chance that you can find these coins. Because the first coin to be discovered was in 1919. That’s 6 years after it was being minted. So maybe the coin collection your parents or grandparents had need to have a thorough visit. You never know you can find out one rare gem there. Maybe at the time these coins were sent out the number of these rare coins was more than five so let’s give it a try in finding more of it.
So next time when you get the chance remember that these coins can have their value way worth than what is engraved on them.
Other valuable coins
There was once issuance of coins which had honoured all the fifty States of America. These were of quite fun because children would fill out the maps of each twenty five cents coin to be placed on each state. Although still today the worth of these coins combine is still $12.5 but remember that some coins go through the minting process and come out with mistakes.
It is 2005 Kansas Quarter that we had seen a mistake which is pretty unusual. The coin had read ‘In God we Trust’. Unfortunately due to some reasons the T of the coin erased and it became In God we Rust. Well the this gruesome mistake actually made the coin worth $100. These examples maybe first if it’s kind in history that mistakes are attracting people to shower their money on. The manufacturing cannot be flawless and these typos or engraving errors are of so much value. You can visit eBay to get a better idea on how people are selling such coins worth something. So once again go through the change lot you have sitting idle and see if you can make a fortune out of it.