Question: what are old nickels worth?
Answer: Most circulated Liberty nickels are worth a few dollars, and uncirculated range from $100-250. Exceptions are key dates 1885-1886 and 1912-S, which can be worth over $1,000. The rarest is the 1913-S. Only five are known to have been made surreptitiously, and one recently sold for a reported $5 million.