The 1930 Buffalo Nickel was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 22,849,000 coins — the 47th-lowest of the 64 circulation-strike issues in the buffalo nickel series, and 81% of the 28,284,000 buffalo nickels the Mint produced across all facilities in 1930.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 Buffalo Nickel | Philadelphia | 22,849,000 |
| 1930-S Buffalo Nickel | San Francisco | 5,435,000 |
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.