Set report · United States · Nickels
Buffalo Nickel: Who Owns What
How often each Buffalo Nickel coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 3,209 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 Buffalo Nickel catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 29,857,186 | 564 | 17.6% | Scarce |
| 1913 Raised Ground | — | 663 | 20.7% | Scarce |
| 1913 (Proof) | 1,514 | 18 | 0.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 1913 Raised Ground (Proof) | — | 28 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1913-D | 4,156,000 | 267 | 8.3% | Very scarce |
| 1913-D Raised Ground | — | 373 | 11.6% | Very scarce |
| 1913-S | 1,209,000 | 221 | 6.9% | Very scarce |
| 1913-S Raised Ground | — | 310 | 9.7% | Very scarce |
| 1914 | 20,664,463 | 414 | 12.9% | Very scarce |
| 1914 (Proof) | 1,275 | 15 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1914-D | 3,912,000 | 240 | 7.5% | Very scarce |
| 1914-S | 3,470,000 | 299 | 9.3% | Very scarce |
| 1915 | 20,986,220 | 533 | 16.6% | Scarce |
| 1915 (Proof) | 1,050 | 13 | 0.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1915-D | 7,569,000 | 307 | 9.6% | Very scarce |
| 1915-S | 1,505,000 | 238 | 7.4% | Very scarce |
| 1916 | 63,497,466 | 612 | 19.1% | Scarce |
| 1916 Doubled Die Obverse (Error) | — | 17 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1916 (Proof) | 600 | 16 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1916-D | 13,333,000 | 350 | 10.9% | Very scarce |
| 1916-S | 11,860,000 | 352 | 11% | Very scarce |
| 1917 | 51,424,019 | 589 | 18.4% | Scarce |
| 1917-D | 9,910,000 | 326 | 10.2% | Very scarce |
| 1917-S | 4,193,000 | 280 | 8.7% | Very scarce |
| 1918 | 32,086,314 | 604 | 18.8% | Scarce |
| 1918-D | 8,362,000 | 321 | 10% | Very scarce |
| 1918-D 8 Over 7 (Error) | — | 13 | 0.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1918-S | 4,882,000 | 340 | 10.6% | Very scarce |
| 1919 | 60,868,000 | 755 | 23.5% | Scarce |
| 1919-D | 8,006,000 | 329 | 10.3% | Very scarce |
| 1919-S | 7,521,000 | 358 | 11.2% | Very scarce |
| 1920 | 63,093,000 | 989 | 30.8% | Uncommon |
| 1920-D | 9,418,000 | 441 | 13.7% | Very scarce |
| 1920-S | 9,689,000 | 473 | 14.7% | Scarce |
| 1921 | 10,663,000 | 534 | 16.6% | Scarce |
| 1921-S | 1,557,000 | 222 | 6.9% | Very scarce |
| 1923 | 35,715,000 | 861 | 26.8% | Scarce |
| 1923-S | 6,142,000 | 481 | 15% | Scarce |
| 1924 | 21,620,000 | 813 | 25.3% | Scarce |
| 1924-D | 5,258,000 | 366 | 11.4% | Very scarce |
| 1924-S | 1,437,000 | 292 | 9.1% | Very scarce |
| 1925 | 35,565,100 | 888 | 27.7% | Uncommon |
| 1925-D | 4,450,000 | 389 | 12.1% | Very scarce |
| 1925-S | 6,256,000 | 440 | 13.7% | Very scarce |
| 1926 | 44,693,000 | 1,009 | 31.4% | Uncommon |
| 1926-D | 5,638,000 | 363 | 11.3% | Very scarce |
| 1926-S | 970,000 | 291 | 9.1% | Very scarce |
| 1927 | 37,981,000 | 1,075 | 33.5% | Uncommon |
| 1927-D | 5,730,000 | 522 | 16.3% | Scarce |
| 1927-S | 3,430,000 | 466 | 14.5% | Scarce |
| 1928 | 23,411,000 | 1,029 | 32.1% | Uncommon |
| 1928-D | 6,436,000 | 567 | 17.7% | Scarce |
| 1928-S | 6,936,000 | 585 | 18.2% | Scarce |
| 1929 | 36,446,000 | 1,043 | 32.5% | Uncommon |
| 1929-D | 8,370,000 | 648 | 20.2% | Scarce |
| 1929-S | 7,754,000 | 681 | 21.2% | Scarce |
| 1930 | 22,849,000 | 1,034 | 32.2% | Uncommon |
| 1930-S | 5,435,000 | 638 | 19.9% | Scarce |
| 1931-S | 1,200,000 | 401 | 12.5% | Very scarce |
| 1934 | 20,213,003 | 1,015 | 31.6% | Uncommon |
| 1934-D | 7,480,000 | 699 | 21.8% | Scarce |
| 1935 | 58,264,000 | 1,437 | 44.8% | Common |
| 1935 Doubled Die Reverse (Error) | — | 35 | 1.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1935-D | 12,092,000 | 800 | 24.9% | Scarce |
| 1935-S | 10,300,000 | 784 | 24.4% | Scarce |
| 1936 | 118,997,000 | 1,744 | 54.3% | Common |
| 1936 (Proof) | 4,420 | 29 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1936-D | 24,814,000 | 1,051 | 32.8% | Uncommon |
| 1936-D 3-1 2 Legs (Error) | — | 28 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1936-S | 14,930,000 | 871 | 27.1% | Scarce |
| 1937 | 79,480,000 | 1,635 | 51% | Common |
| 1937 (Proof) | 5,769 | 30 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1937-D | 17,826,000 | 984 | 30.7% | Uncommon |
| 1937-D 3 Legged (Error) | — | 45 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1937-S | 5,635,000 | 700 | 21.8% | Scarce |
| 1938-D | 7,020,000 | 850 | 26.5% | Scarce |
| 1938-D D Over S (Error) | — | 37 | 1.2% | 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.