Another scarce early mintmarked Buffalo nickel, the 1919-D five-cent piece is quite challenging in all circulated grades and rare throughout the entire spectrum of uncirculated levels. A couple dozen or so examples have been certified by PCGS and NGC in MS66, and all that have hit the trading circuit in recent years have commanded five-figure prices. This is not surprising, especially given that, with a total mintage of 8,362,000 and fewer than 6,000 survivors across the board, the 1919-D is the rarest Denver-mint issue in Gem of all pre-1920 Buffaloes.