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Buffalo Nickel Mintage by Year

Complete mintage data for the United States Buffalo Nickel series, 1913–1938. A total of 1,212,914,919 coins were struck across all years, mintmarks, and strike types, peaking in 1936 with 158,745,420 coins.

Buffalo Nickel · All Strikes Mintage by Year

Peak 159M
04M79M119M159M1913: 73,659,220 coins74M19131914: 28,047,738 coins28M1915: 30,061,270 coins3M19151916: 88,691,066 coins89M1917: 65,527,019 coins66M19171918: 45,330,314 coins45M1919: 76,395,000 coins76M19191920: 82,200,000 coins82M1921: 12,220,000 coins19211923: 41,857,000 coins42M1924: 28,315,000 coins28M19241925: 46,271,100 coins46M1926: 51,301,000 coins51M19261927: 47,141,000 coins47M1928: 36,783,000 coins37M19281929: 52,570,000 coins53M1930: 28,284,000 coins28M19301931: 1,200,000 coins1934: 27,693,003 coins28M19341935: 80,656,000 coins81M1936: 158,745,420 coins159M19361937: 102,946,769 coins103M1938: 7,020,000 coins1938

Combined mintage per year across every strike type and all mintmarks.

All Strikes Mintage Table

Every variant in the series, sorted by year. Each row is one unique coin (year + mintmark + strike type combination).

YearDesignMintmarkMint FacilityStrike TypeMintage
1913Raised GroundDDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike5,337,000
1913—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike4,156,000
1913Raised Ground—Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike30,992,000
1913——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike29,857,186
1913Raised Ground—Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProof1,520
1913——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProof1,514
1913Raised GroundSSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike2,105,000
1913—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike1,209,000
1914—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike3,912,000
1914——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike20,664,463
1914——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProof1,275
1914—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike3,470,000
1915—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike7,569,000
1915——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike20,986,220
1915——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProof1,050
1915—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike1,505,000
1916—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike13,333,000
1916——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike63,497,466
1916——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProof600
1916—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike11,860,000
1917—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike9,910,000
1917——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike51,424,019
1917—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike4,193,000
1918—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike8,362,000
1918——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike32,086,314
1918—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike4,882,000
1919—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike8,006,000
1919——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike60,868,000
1919—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike7,521,000
1920—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike9,418,000
1920——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike63,093,000
1920—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike9,689,000
1921——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike10,663,000
1921—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike1,557,000
1923——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike35,715,000
1923—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike6,142,000
1924—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike5,258,000
1924——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike21,620,000
1924—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike1,437,000
1925—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike4,450,000
1925——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike35,565,100
1925—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike6,256,000
1926—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike5,638,000
1926——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike44,693,000
1926—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike970,000
1927—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike5,730,000
1927——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike37,981,000
1927—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike3,430,000
1928—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike6,436,000
1928——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike23,411,000
1928—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike6,936,000
1929—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike8,370,000
1929——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike36,446,000
1929—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike7,754,000
1930——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike22,849,000
1930—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike5,435,000
1931—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike1,200,000
1934—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike7,480,000
1934——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike20,213,003
1935—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike12,092,000
1935——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike58,264,000
1935—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike10,300,000
1936—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike24,814,000
1936——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike118,997,000
1936——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProof4,420
1936—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike14,930,000
1937—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike17,826,000
1937——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike79,480,000
1937——Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProof5,769
1937—SSan Francisco, CaliforniaBusiness strike5,635,000
1938—DDenver, ColoradoBusiness strike7,020,000
Total1,212,914,919

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