The 1913-S Buffalo Nickel (Type 1) was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 2,105,000 coins — the 7th-lowest of the 64 circulation-strike issues in the buffalo nickel series, and 3% of the 73,656,186 buffalo nickels the Mint produced across all facilities in 1913.
A full collector's note for this issue — survival, strike character, and what to check before buying — is on the writing schedule; the figures above are the permanent record.
| Issue | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 Buffalo Nickel (Type 1) | Philadelphia | 30,992,000 |
| 1913 Buffalo Nickel (Type 2) | Philadelphia | 29,857,186 |
| 1913-S Buffalo Nickel (Type 1) | San Francisco | 2,105,000 |
| 1913-S Buffalo Nickel (Type 2) | San Francisco | 1,209,000 |
| 1913-D Buffalo Nickel (Type 1) | Denver | 5,337,000 |
| 1913-D Buffalo Nickel (Type 2) | Denver | 4,156,000 |
Mintage figures: United States Mint (Annual Report of the Director of the Mint), Royal Canadian Mint records, and — for the 1935 banknote issue — Bank of Canada printage records as published in the Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Government Paper Money, cross-checked across independent published references. Specifications: United States Mint coin specifications.