The highest mintage collector coin for the series is the 2022 Gold Buffalo at 410,000 coins.Mint offered a special Reverse Proof version of the Gold Buffalo to celebrate the 100th anniversary of James Earle Fraser’s classic Buffalo Nickel design. A collectible Uncirculated version of the coin bearing the “W” mint mark was introduced in the same year, and offered in the same array of sizes. The 2008 Proof Gold Buffalo was available in one ounce, one half ounce, one quarter ounce, and one tenth ounce sizes.After an interesting foray into different weights and versions during 2008, the issuance of only one ounce Proof coins was resumed for 2009. During the first two years of the series, only one ounce Proof versions of the coins were minted for collectors.Or, heaven forbid, just buy coins that personally give you pleasure and don't worry about making a profit in your hobby, a very difficult thing to do. Will it be US series like classic commemoratives or national park pucks, or Mexican silver type, or Roman gold? No way of knowing, but always buy the scarcer issues of the series you believe will gain in popularity if you wish to buy 'undervalued' coins. So, having said that, if one could predict the next 'series' to become popular, they would by definition know what are the most undervalued today. So even within US numismatics surviving specimen numbers are meaningless unless set against series demand. Why? Because nearly no one collects SL halves by date/mm, while millions collect mercuries that way. I have seated liberty half dollars with mintages less than 10,000 that are worth less than a 1916d dime. Mintages and survival rates are utterly meaningless UNLESS set against how many collectors collect the series. However, 99% of them will never be worth as much as much as a US coin that 'only' has a half a million survivors. Heck, there might be thousands of coins that fewer than 100 exist. The coin world is literally littered with thousands upon thousands of coins that fewer than 1000 specimens exist. Bellman is saying, but simply believe most collectors really do not consider demand as much as they should. They are conditioned that 'lower mintage' means high value, when it has very little to do with price. I know you know this sir, but many here completely ignore demand.

Us gold coin mintage numbers