The 1938 Buffalo Head Nickel was only minted at the Denver Mint. It is approximated the Denver Mint struck 6,620,000 coins. The run of coins minted was quite good and collectors should not have trouble in finding an uncirculated mint condition 1938 Buffalo Head Nickel.

1938 was the last year for the Buffalo Head series. Many of the coins made were bought up and stored by collectors and dealers because they thought the coins would be more valuable. The PCGS price guide shows a value of $20,000 for a coin in MS68 condition, but only $345 for a coin in MS67 condition.

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The Philadelphia Mint went crazy again with 1937 Buffalo Head Nickel and minted 79,480,000 coins. Not as many as in 1936 but still a lot of coins. The run of coins was pretty good and uncirculated mint coins are very available. What is rare is coins in mint condition with perfect details. The Philadelphia Mint minted 5,769 proof 1937 Buffalo Head Nickels. This was the last year the proof coins were made for the Buffalo Nickel series.

The Denver Mint struck 17,826,000 coins. This was a very good run of coins. Coins with perfect details are available. An interesting variety exists for the 1937-d Buffalo Head Nickel. A 3 legged coin was minted when a mint worker made an adjustment to the reverse die. The 3 legged coin has become one of the most popular coins in the series.

The San Francisco Mint struck 5,635,000 coins. This also was a above average run of coins. Finding coins in uncirculated mint condition should be pretty easy.

The 1936 Buffalo Head 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. 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-S Buffalo Head Nickels. 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 Head 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 Denver Mint. Buffalo Head coins minted with only 3 1/2 legs on the buffalo. Overlapping on the dies caused the problem.

The 1935 Buffalo Head Nickel was struck at all 3 mints in 1935. The Philadelphia Mint struck 58,264,000 coins. The Denver Mint coined 12,092,000 strikes and the San Francisco Mint minted 10,300,000 strikes.

The coins minted at the Philadelphia Mint were a pretty good run of coins with regard to the quality of the coins. With such a high mintage (over 58 million coins) you should be able to find some nice coins in uncirculated mint condition. What is scarce is mint coins with perfect details.

Coins from the Denver Mint were also made with pretty good quality.
1935 D Buffalo Head Nickels in uncirculated mint condition should not be hard to find. What will be much more difficult is finding coins that are Mint condition coins with flawless details.

The coins minted in San Francisco were a average run of strikes.
Finding coins in uncirculated mint condition with nice details will be a tough job and coins that are flawless are even harder to find.

Some interesting die varieties exist with the 1935 Buffalo Head Nickel. The Philadelphia Mint had some coins with a Doubled Die Reverse and the Denver Mint had some coins repunched mintmarks.

The 1934 Buffalo Head Nickel was only produced at the Philadelphia Mint and the Denver Mint in 1934. The Philadelphia Mint struck 20,213,003 coins. The Denver Mint coined 7,480,000 strikes.

The coins made at the Philadelphia Mint were a pretty good run of coins. You can find many coins in uncirculated mint condition. What is really scarce is coins that are in uncirculated mint condition with perfect details. Even though they are know to exist finding one will be tough.

The coins made at the Denver Mint were also a pretty good run of mint coins. Finding coins with very nice details should be easy to do.
The uncirculated mint coins with perfect details are more scarce than perfect coins from the Philadelphia mint. Good luck in finding one.

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The 1931 Buffalo Head Nickel was only minted at the San Francisco Mint. Only 1,200,000 Coins were produced.

The San Francisco Mint’s run of coins was a pretty good mintage in terms of quality. The coins produced were above average. Many uncirculated mint coins are available for purchase. What is rare or scarce is coins that have full complete details.

An interesting note with 1931 Buffalo Head Nickel. The San Fransciso Mint’s only made 194,000 coins in it’s first mintage of 1931 Buffalo Heads. The director of the mint at that time, Mary O’Reilly requested that more coins be made. She did not want the low number of coins causing them to become rare and inflating their value. A second run of coins was minted bringing the total coined to 1,200,000.

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The 1930 Buffalo Head Nickel was only minted at 2 mints in 1930. The Philadelphia Mint struck 22,849,000 coins and the San Francisco Mint struck 5,345,000 strikes. The Denver Mint did not make any Buffalo Head Coins.

The Philadelphia Mint had an OK run of coins with most of the coins in the average range. Finding coins that are in near mint condition or above can be done, but it might take some looking for.

The coins from the San Francisco Mint were a little better that the ones from the Philadelphia Mint. Finding coins in Mint condition or near mint condition is very possible.

For collectors one of the nicest points of the 1930 Buffalo Head Nickels is the prices are very reasonable for coins with in near mint condition.

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