1936 Buffalo Nickel

1936 Buffalo Nickel

The 1936 Buffalo Nickel was produced in mass quantity by the Philadelphia Mint. 118,997,000 coins were minted. This was the highest number of coins minted in one year for the Buffalo Nickel. The coins minted were a pretty good overall quality. You should be able to find some nice coins for your collection. Be aware coins with in mint condition with perfect details will be be a tough find.

The Denver Mint struck 24,814,000 coins of the 1936 Buffalo Head Nickel. The coins minted were a pretty good quality and really nice ones can be found easily. Coins in mint condition with perfect details exist, but they are just hard to find.

The San Francisco Mint made 14,930,000 1936 Buffalo Nickel. The San Francisco run of coins was the best of the 3 mints. Coins with perfect details exist and are not as rare as the coins produced at the other 2 mints.

Some interesting notes for the 1936 Buffalo Nickel. 1936 was the first year since 1916 that the Philadelphia Mint struck proof coins. 4.420 proof coins were made.

An interesting variety exists from the Denver Mint. 1936 Buffalo Head coins minted with only 3 1/2 legs on the buffalo. Overlapping on the dies caused the problem.

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