The 1926 Buffalo nickel from the Philadelphia Mint is a common coin in circulated condition and is even relatively easy to find in many uncirculated grades, too. By the mid 1920s, more people were saving Buffalo nickels thanks to the advent of coin albums designed for contemporary US coinage. This meant that more Buffalo nickels exist for many of the issues from the late 1920s and particularly so for the coins that were made in the 1930s and afterward. As for the 1926 Philly-mint Buffalo nickel, they are known in grades of MS67 and even higher.
| coinage-type | Buffalo nickel |
| desg | MS |
| designer | James Earle Fraser |
| diameter | 21.2 |
| edge | Plain |
| material | 75% copper; 25% nickel |
| mintage | 44,693,000 |
| ngc-id | 22S5 |
| obverse-description | James Earle Fraser's famous and simple design depicts a Native American chief with the word LIBERTY from 1-2 o'clock. The date is placed on the lower left of the chieftain's bust. |
| pcgs-link | 3957 |
| pcgs-number | 3957 |
| reverse-description | A full portrait of the bison, Black Diamond, with the words UNITED STATES oF AMERICA at the top periphery with the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM just underneath. The denomination FIVE CENTS is spelled out at the bottom. For the Type 1, the denomination is embossed on a flat surface. |
| weight-grams | 5 |
| year-display | 1913-1938 |