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Pretty safe, these older coins have lots of issues from the low tech minting approaches of yesteyear.

Odd thing was - this coin went for $150 (I think*) - seems like way too low of a price.  I should have jumped on it - unfortunately the dang auction ended in the middle of some meetings.

* I'm not sure it really sold - it looks like it did, but the bid history shows $0 for all bids.  It seems suspicious to be honest.  The item shows an "estimate" value of $300-$600, so maybe it had a reserve of 300 that wasn't met, though I thought if that was the case it would say so.

maybe someone knows why i can not get thru to the us mint.  my guess is their computer service is backed up due to orders for the washington proof. i tried several times and could not get thru.

Post here. Im sure that you will find someone willing to trade!

From Wikipedia

Origin

The Indian Head (Buffalo) nickel was introduced in February 1913, replacing the Liberty Head design.^[3] These were the first official strikings of nickels in 1913; the United States Mint's official records do not record any Liberty Head nickels produced that year. Liberty Head nickels dated 1913 first came to the attention of the numismatic community in 1920. All five were in the possession of Samuel Brown, a numismatist who attended the American Numismatic Association's annual convention and displayed the coins there. Brown had previously placed an advertisement in The Numismatist in December 1919 seeking information on these coins and offering to pay US$500 for each.^[4] Ostensibly, the coins had been purchased as a result of this offer. However, Samuel Brown had been a Mint employee in 1913, and many numismatic historians have concluded that he was therefore responsible for striking the coins himself and then removing them from the Mint.^[1] If true, this would not have been a unique occurrence; such clandestine strikes were actually quite common in the 19th century, with the Class II and III 1804 silver dollars being perhaps the best-known instance. Other numismatic authorities, such as Q. David Bowers, have questioned this scenario, and pointed out that there are several methods by which the coins could have been legitimately produced. Bowers suggests, for instance, that they may have been lawfully issued by the Mint's Medal Department "for cabinet purposes", or that they could be trial pieces struck in late 1912 to test the following year's new coinage dies.^[5] However, Bowers did not entirely discount the private minting theory.^[6]