1935-S Buffalo Nickel

The 1935-S Buffalo Nickel

Coin collectors are often on the hunt for U.S. coins produced in the early 20th century, and the 1935-S Buffalo nickel is a prime example. A 1935-S Buffalo nickel is one of the harder dates and mintmarks to find in any condition, which makes it especially precious to coin collectors. It had the lowest mintage numbers of the year, at a little over ten million, and for comparison the Philadelphia Mint coined almost sixty million Buffalo nickels in 1935.

E Pluribus Unum

“E Pluribus Unum” is featured on many coins and is the traditional motto for the United States, and was proposed for the first Great Seal of the United States by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson in 1776. The first coins with “e pluribus unum’ were dated 1786 and struck in New Jersey, and though the motto had no New Jersey linkage, it was likely an available die that had been created by a designer the previous year for a failed federal coinage proposal. E Pluribus Unum is a Latin phrase, meaning “Out of many comes one.”