1926-S Buffalo Nickel Value | Gainesville Coins ®

1926-S Buffalo Nickel Value

Mintage: 970,000
Finest Known: MS66 (NGC) MS65+ (PCGS)
Auction Record: $322,000 (MS66)

1926 s buffalo nickel

1926-S Buffalo nickel. Image: USA CoinBook

The Value of A 1926-S Buffalo Nickel

The 1926-S Buffalo nickel is the biggest key date of the entire series. This is due not only to an incredibly small mintage but to the fact that they almost all went directly into circulation. This makes Mint State examples rare, Gem grades extraordinarily so.

1926-S Buffalo Nickel Price Guide

Circulated Grades

Very FineExtremely FineAbout Uncirculated
$225$1,400$3,000

Uncirculated Grades

Mint State 61Mint State 63Mint State 65Auction Record (MS66)
$5,500$10,000$115,000$322,000

The information on this page does not constitute an offer to buy or sell the coin(s) referred to. Proof and prooflike examples of this issue may have greater or lesser "finest known" and different record auction prices.

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