So which M9 is the most valuable?

[saylor_n]

I'm an old retired military guy with a butt load of friends and over the years I have aquired several M9s. I never paid them much heed until one of my national guard buddies turned me on to this forum. I have briefly examined my bayonets and it would appear that have several varieties, all in varying degrees of condition. I had no idea that some of them could be worth so much. Is there some sort of table or chart saying what I could get for them?

[Old-Smithy]

the prototypes come first, then the rare ones - chervron marked, Dutch, clear hilts (never seen the last two sold so no idea). Less than 200 made it is worth a lot - except presentation pieces like the BCN only 75 of them made but not military so not as collectable. Has to be military issue to be worth a lot. Not sure where the shallow fullered examples sit as again never seen one sold. I am sure Bill can give a more accurate ranking

[saylor_n]

Thanks Carl. Now that I am home and have had some more time to examine both my collection and the pictures on this web site, it has been determined that all 10 (though I had more) of my m9s are generation 3. All are military issued and I am 90% sure they all went to iraq. At least one of them saw action there.

[Old-Smithy]

not likley to be the rare or valuable ones then. A USMC prototype recently went for 2500 on EBAY a nornal M9 under 100