Set report · United States · Bullion
Gold Buffalos: Who Owns What
How often each Gold Buffalos coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 229 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Gold Buffalos catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 337,012 | 191 | 83.4% | Common |
| 2006-W (Proof) | 246,267 | 13 | 5.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2007 | 136,503 | 99 | 43.2% | Uncommon |
| 2007-W (Proof) | 58,998 | 8 | 3.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 2008 | 214,053 | 88 | 38.4% | Scarce |
| 2008-W (Proof) | 9,074 | 13 | 5.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2008-W Burnished (Specimen) | — | 11 | 4.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 2009 | 200,000 | 83 | 36.2% | Scarce |
| 2009-W (Proof) | 49,306 | 9 | 3.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2010 | 209,000 | 89 | 38.9% | Scarce |
| 2010-W (Proof) | 49,263 | 9 | 3.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2011 | 250,000 | 84 | 36.7% | Scarce |
| 2011-W (Proof) | 28,693 | 8 | 3.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 2012 | 100,000 | 75 | 32.8% | Scarce |
| 2012-W (Proof) | 19,765 | 8 | 3.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 2013 | 198,500 | 77 | 33.6% | Scarce |
| 2013-W (Proof) | 47,836 | 6 | 2.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 2013-W Reverse (Proof) | — | 6 | 2.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 2014 | 180,500 | 74 | 32.3% | Scarce |
| 2014-W (Proof) | 20,557 | 10 | 4.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 2015 | 223,500 | 76 | 33.2% | Scarce |
| 2015-W (Proof) | 16,591 | 7 | 3.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 2016 | 211,000 | 80 | 34.9% | Scarce |
| 2016-W (Proof) | 21,878 | 7 | 3.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 2017 | 99,500 | 76 | 33.2% | Scarce |
| 2017-W (Proof) | 15,810 | 5 | 2.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2018 | 121,500 | 64 | 27.9% | Scarce |
| 2018-W (Proof) | 15,756 | 5 | 2.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2019 | 61,500 | 72 | 31.4% | Scarce |
| 2019-W (Proof) | 14,836 | 6 | 2.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 2020 | 242,000 | 78 | 34.1% | Scarce |
| 2020-W (Proof) | 11,887 | 7 | 3.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 2021 | 350,500 | 94 | 41% | Scarce |
| 2021-W (Proof) | 16,958 | 7 | 3.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 2022 | 410,000 | 105 | 45.9% | Uncommon |
| 2022-W (Proof) | 15,933 | 8 | 3.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 2023 | — | 61 | 26.6% | Scarce |
| 2023-W (Proof) | — | 4 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2024 | — | 24 | 10.5% | Very scarce |
| 2024-W (Proof) | — | 3 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 2025 | — | 12 | 5.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2025-W (Proof) | — | 2 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2026 | — | 2 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2026-W (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.4% | Extremely scarce |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.