The 1928-D Buffalo Nickel was struck at the Denver Mint with a recorded mintage of 6,436,000 coins — the 23rd-lowest of the 64 circulation-strike issues in the buffalo nickel series, and 17% of the 36,783,000 buffalo nickels the Mint produced across all facilities in 1928.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 Buffalo Nickel | Philadelphia | 23,411,000 |
| 1928-S Buffalo Nickel | San Francisco | 6,936,000 |
| 1928-D Buffalo Nickel | Denver | 6,436,000 |
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.