The 1927-D Buffalo nickel is not necessarily the most expensive or rarest of the 1920s mintmarked issues, but it nonetheless is a scarce coin in the higher circulated and all uncirculated grades. Its mintage of 5,730,000 pieces isn’t all that large, and the number of survivors is but a mere fraction of that original production total. Fewer than 1,500 to 2,000 are thought to exist in uncirculated condition, and perhaps 150 remain in MS65 or better.