The 1935-D Buffalo nickel is not a categorically scarce coin, but it is the scarcest regular-issue piece among the Buffalo nickels struck from 1935 through 1938. PCGS and NGC have graded less than a combined two dozen examples in MS67 and NGC has slabbed only one graded MS68.
| coinage-type | Buffalo nickel |
| desg | MS |
| designer | James Earle Fraser |
| diameter | 21.2 |
| edge | Plain |
| material | 75% copper; 25% nickel |
| mint-mark | D |
| mintage | 12,092,000 |
| ngc-id | 22SP |
| 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 | 3975 |
| pcgs-number | 3975 |
| 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 |