Buffalo Nickels Quantities Minted


Buffalo Nickels were produced between the years 1913 and 1938. This remains one of the most popular United States coin designs due to its use of uniquely American subjects for the obverse and reverse. During the course of the series, the mintages ranged from a high of more than 100 million to a low of 970,000.

The table below lists the complete information for Buffalo Nickel mintages by date and mint mark.



1913 Type 1 30,993,520


1913-D Type 1 5,337,000


1913-S Type 1 2,105,000


1913 Type 2 29,858,700


1913-D Type 2 4,156,000


1913-S Type 2 1,290,000


1914 20,665,738


1914-D 3,912,000


1914-S 3,470,000


1915 20,987,270


1915-D 7,569,000


1915-S 1,505,000


1916 63,498,066


1916-D 13,333,000


1916-S 11,860,000


1917 51,424,019


1917-D 9,910,000


1917-S 4,193,000


1918 32,086,314


1918-D 8,362,000


1918-S 4,882,000


1919 60,868,000


1919-D 8,006,000


1919-S 7,521,000


1920 63,093,000


1920-D 9,418,000


1920-S 9,689,000


1921 10,663,000


1921-S 1,557,000


1923 35,715,000


1923-S 6,142,000


1924 21,620,000


1924-D 5,258,000


1924-S 1,437,000


1925 35,565,100


1925-D 4,450,000


1925-S 6,256,000


1926 44,693,000


1926-D 5,638,000


1926-S 970,000


1927 37,981,000


1927-D 5,730,000


1927-S 3,430,000


1928 23,411,000


1928-D 6,436,000


1928-S 6,936,000


1929 36,446,000


1929-D 8,370,000


1929-S 7,754,000


1930 22,849,000


1930-S 5,435,000


1931-S 1,200,000


1934 20,213,003


1934-D 7,480,000


1935 58,264,000


1935-D 12,092,000


1935-S 10,300,000


1936 119,001,420


1936-D 24,814,000


1936-S 14,930,000


1937 79,485,769


1937-D 17,826,000


1937-S 5,635,000


1938-D 7,020,000