CoinsBuffalo Nickels, 1913–1938 → 1926-D Buffalo Nickel

1926-D Buffalo Nickel

Semi-keyDenver Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1926-D Buffalo Nickel was struck at the Denver Mint with a recorded mintage of 5,638,000 coins — the 19th-lowest of the 64 circulation-strike issues in the buffalo nickel series, and 11% of the 51,301,000 buffalo nickels the Mint produced across all facilities in 1926.

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.

Mintage: the 1926 buffalo nickel, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1926 Buffalo NickelPhiladelphia44,693,000
1926-S Buffalo NickelSan Francisco970,000
1926-D Buffalo NickelDenver5,638,000

The 1926-D in its series

Sources

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.

The mintage is the only number that never changes. This is where it lives.