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The mint mark position is the same on all buffalo nickels - under the words FIVE CENTS on the back.

  • No mint mark (blank) = Philadelphia. Except during WWII, the P mint mark wasn't used on nickels till 1980.
  • "D" = Denver
  • "S" = San Francisco.
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