1934 5C MS(PCGS#3972)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2254

Grade

MS67

Price

1,920

Lot Description

A warmly toned and beautiful Superb Gem with particularly vivid iridescence in the center of the obverse. Sharply struck. 1934 represents the first year since 1931 in which the Mint struck nickel five-cent pieces. The Philadelphia facility's output that year amounted to 20,213,003 pieces, survivors of which have long been popular for Mint State type purposes. Scarce at MS-67, however, the present example would do justice to the finest Buffalo nickel set.