Most Valuable US Nickels - Highest Value Nickel Coins
USA Coin Book has compiled a list of the most valuable US nickels ever known. For this list, we are only including five-cent nickels: Shield Nickels, Liberty "V" Nickels, Buffalo Nickels (or Indian Head Nickels), and Jefferson Nickels. In addition, we are NOT factoring in the prices for Proof versions of these nickels (unless the Proof version is an error coin or an unusual variety). We are using our database of virtually every US coin ever produced (6,000+ coins) based on year, mint mark, major varieties, errors and their associated price values to come up with a list of the top most valuable nickels known. Our most valuable nickels list includes coins starting in 1866 up to the present (2025) - including rare nickel errors and rare varieties that could still actually be found in pocket change. This list and the prices are current as of 2025. Estimated coin prices and values in our database are updated twice per year.
The purpose of this page is to provide coin valuation data to collectors, investors, the media, and anyone interested learning what the most valuable nickels and five-cent coins are. Visitors can click on the links in the list below to view larger images of both sides of the coins (mint mark locations, error/variety diagnosis, etc), detailed pricing data for various conditions/grades of the coins, mintage figures, metal composition, history and other encyclopedic information regarding each individual coin.
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