No one knows for sure since they weren't officially produced for currency, at most 5 or 6 pieces.
There are 5 known pieces, the whereabouts are known on all of them.
There is a possible 6th specimen known as the Walton specimen, the whereabouts are pure speculation. It is possible it might be floating around there, or the heirs of Walton may still have it. But it is anyone's guess.
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Only 5 examples are known
There is no such thing as an 1889 Buffalo Nickel. Buffalo nickels were only minted from 1913 to 1938. A nickel minted in 1889 would be a Liberty Head or "V" nickel.
You are describing a US Liberty nickel. It was minted from 1883 to 1912. There are 5 known 1913 Liberty nickels but they were never an authorized issue.
There's no coin called a Liberty buffalo nickel. Liberty nickels were minted from 1883 to 1912, and buffalo nickels were made from 1913 to 1938.Please determine your coin's date, then look for questions of the form "What is the value of a US nickel?" for specific information
Based on US Mint figures, a total of 1,212,895,399 buffalo (= Indian head) nickels were minted from 1913 to 1938