The 1918-S Buffalo Nickel was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 4,882,000 coins — the 14th-lowest of the 64 circulation-strike issues in the buffalo nickel series, and 11% of the 45,330,314 buffalo nickels the Mint produced across all facilities in 1918.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 Buffalo Nickel | Philadelphia | 32,086,314 |
| 1918-S Buffalo Nickel | San Francisco | 4,882,000 |
| 1918-D Buffalo Nickel | Denver | 8,362,000 |
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.