United States nickel mintage quantities
These are the mintage quantities for strikings of the United States nickel
- P = Philadelphia U.S. Mint
- D = Denver U.S. Mint
- S = San Francisco U.S. Mint
This list does not include proof mintages.
Designs
Shield nickels (1866–1883)
Year | Mintage[1] | Variety/Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia | Denver | San Francisco | ||
1866 | 14,742,500 | With Rays, includes re-punched date variety. | ||
1867 | 2,019,000 | With Rays | ||
1867 | 28,890,500 | Without Rays | ||
1868 | 28,817,000 | |||
1869 | 16,395,000 | |||
1870 | 4,806,000 | |||
1871 | 561,000 | |||
1872 | 6,036,000 | |||
1873 | 436,050 | Closed 3 | ||
1873 | 4,113,950 | Open 3, includes large over small 3 variety. | ||
1874 | 3,538,000 | |||
1875 | 2,097,000 | |||
1876 | 2,530,000 | |||
1877 | 510 proofs were made, proof only issue. | |||
1878 | 2,350 proofs were made, proof only issue. | |||
1879 | 25,900 | Includes 9 over 8 variety. | ||
1880 | 16,000 | Key date | ||
1881 | 68,800 | |||
1882 | 11,476,000 | |||
1883 | 1,451,000 | Shield Nickel Includes 3 over 2 variety. |
Liberty Head V nickel (1883–1913)
Year | Mintage[1] | Variety/Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia | Denver | San Francisco | ||
1883 | 5,474,300 | Liberty Head V nickel Without CENTS | ||
1883 | 16,026,200 | Liberty Head V nickel With CENTS | ||
1884 | 11,270,000 | |||
1885 | 1,472,700 | Key date | ||
1886 | 3,330,290 | Key date | ||
1887 | 15,263,652 | |||
1888 | 10,720,483 | |||
1889 | 15,881,361 | |||
1890 | 16,259,272 | |||
1891 | 16,834,350 | |||
1892 | 11,699,642 | |||
1893 | 13,370,195 | |||
1894 | 5,413,132 | |||
1895 | 9,979,884 | |||
1896 | 8,842,920 | |||
1897 | 20,428,735 | |||
1898 | 12,532,087 | |||
1899 | 26,029,031 | |||
1900 | 27,255,995 | |||
1901 | 26,480,213 | |||
1902 | 31,489,579 | |||
1903 | 28,006,725 | |||
1904 | 21,404,984 | |||
1905 | 29,827,276 | |||
1906 | 38,613,725 | |||
1907 | 39,214,800 | |||
1908 | 22,686,177 | |||
1909 | 11,590,526 | |||
1910 | 30,169,353 | |||
1911 | 39,559,372 | |||
1912 | 26,236,714 | 8,474,000 | 238,000 | 1912-S is a key date to the series. |
1913 | 5 | Extremely rare, see also: 1913 Liberty Head nickel |
Indian Head (or Buffalo nickel) (1913–1938)
Year | Mintage[1] | Variety/Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia | Denver | San Francisco | ||
1913 | 30,992,000 | 5,337,000 | 2,105,000 | Buffalo or Indian Head Nickel Variety 1. (Bison on mound) |
1913 | 29,858,700 | 4,156,000 | 1,209,000 | Buffalo or Indian Head Nickel Variety 2. (Bison on plain) |
1914 | 20,665,738 | 3,912,000 | 3,470,000 | 1914-P 4 over 3 variety included in mintage. |
1915 | 20,987,270 | 7,569,000 | 1,505,000 | |
1916 | 63,498,066 | 13,333,000 | 11,860,000 | 1916-P includes the double date obverse variety. |
1917 | 51,424,019 | 9,910,000 | 4,193,000 | |
1918 | 32,068,314 | 8,362,000 | 4,882,000 | 1918-D includes the 8 over 7 variety. |
1919 | 60,868,000 | 8,006,000 | 7,521,000 | |
1920 | 63,093,000 | 9,418,000 | 9,689,000 | |
1921 | 10,663,000 | 1,557,000 | No Denver Mint nickels were made this year. | |
1923 | 35,715,000 | 6,142,000 | No Denver Mint nickels were made this year. | |
1924 | 21,620,000 | 5,258,000 | 1,437,000 | |
1925 | 35,565,100 | 4,450,000 | 6,256,000 | |
1926 | 44,693,000 | 5,638,000 | 970,000 | 1926-S is a key date. |
1927 | 37,981,000 | 5,730,000 | 3,430,000 | |
1928 | 23,411,000 | 6,436,000 | 6,936,000 | |
1929 | 36,446,000 | 8,370,000 | 7,754,000 | |
1930 | 22,849,000 | 5,435,000 | No Denver Mint nickels were made this year. | |
1931 | 1,200,000 | No Philadelphia or Denver Mint nickels were made this year. | ||
1934 | 20,213,003 | 7,480,000 | No San Francisco Mint nickels were made this year. | |
1935 | 58,264,000 | 12,092,000 | 10,300,000 | 1935-P includes the Double Die Reverse variety. |
1936 | 119,001,420 | 24,814,000 | 14,930,000 | 1936-D includes the 3.5 legged variety. |
1937 | 79,485,769 | 17,826,000 | 5,635,000 | 1937-D includes the key date 3 legged variety. |
1938 | 7,020,000 | Buffalo/Indian Head Only made at the Denver Mint and includes the D over S variety. |
Jefferson Head nickels (1938–present)
Jefferson nickels have been minted since 1938 at the Philadelphia and Denver mints and from the San Francisco mint until 1970. Key dates for the series include the 1939-D, and 1950-D nickels. The 1939-D nickel with a mintage of 3,514,000 coins is the second lowest behind the 1950-D nickel. The cause of the key date of 1939 stems from the new design that excited collectors the year prior, after the initial hype had settled down fewer nickels were saved.[2] 2,630,000 nickels were minted in Denver in 1950, this remains the lowest mintage for the Denver mint in the series. Despite its low mintage the nickel is not rare, its value is thought to be connected to the brilliant uncirculated roll boom that burst between 1963 and 1964.[3] On the opposite spectrum, the year 1964 saw the largest combined mintage of nickels to date. The result of the large mintages were due to a widespread shortage of small change that was blamed on coin collectors.[4] the following year, The Coinage Act of 1965 removed all mint marks from nickels that were issued by the mints, this lasted until 1968 when the mintmark was moved from the reverse to the obverse side of the coin.[5]
Year | Mintage[1] | Variety/Notes | ||
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Philadelphia | Denver | San Francisco | ||
1938 | 19,496,000 | 5,376,000 | 4,105,000 | Jefferson Head First year of issue. |
1939 | 120,615,000 | 3,514,000 | 6,630,000 | 1939-P includes the Doubled "MONTICELLO" and "FIVE CENTS" variety. |
1940 | 176,485,000 | 43,540,000 | 39,690,000 | |
1941 | 203,265,000 | 53,432,000 | 43,445,000 | |
1942 | 49,789,000 | 13,938,000 | Nickel variety, includes the 1942-D over horz D variety. No San Francisco Mint nickels were made using nickel for this year. | |
1942 | 57,900,000 | 32,900,000 | Silver variety, from 1942 to 1945 nickels were made using 35% silver. No Denver Mint nickels were made using silver for this year. | |
1943 | 271,165,000 | 15,294,000 | 104,060,000 | 1943-P includes the 3 over 2, and doubled eye varieties. |
1944 | 119,150,000 | 32,309,000 | 21,640,000 | 1944 nickels without mintmarks are counterfeits. |
1945 | 119,408,100 | 37,158,000 | 58,939,000 | 1945-P includes doubled die reverse variety. |
1946 | 161,116,000 | 45,292,200 | 13,560,000 | Nickel composition resumed. |
1947 | 95,000,000 | 37,822,000 | 24,720,000 | |
1948 | 89,348,000 | 44,734,000 | 11,300,000 | |
1949 | 60,652,000 | 36,498,000 | 9,716,000 | 1949-D includes the D over S variety. |
1950 | 9,796,000 | 2,630,030 | 1950-D is a key date. | |
1951 | 28,552,000 | 20,460,000 | 7,776,000 | |
1952 | 63,988,000 | 30,638,000 | 20,572,000 | |
1953 | 46,644,000 | 59,878,600 | 19,210,900 | |
1954 | 47,684,050 | 117,183,060 | 29,384,000 | 1954-S includes the S over D variety. |
1955 | 7,888,000 | 74,464,100 | 1955-D includes the D over S variety. | |
1956 | 35,216,000 | 67,222,940 | ||
1957 | 38,408,000 | 136,828,900 | ||
1958 | 17,088,000 | 168,249,120 | ||
1959 | 27,248,000 | 160,738,240 | ||
1960 | 55,416,000 | 192,582,180 | ||
1961 | 73,640,100 | 229,342,760 | ||
1962 | 97,384,000 | 280,195,720 | ||
1963 | 178,851,645 | 276,829,460 | ||
1964 | 1,028,622,762 | 1,787,297,160 | Nickels dated 1964 were still being minted well into 1966, contributing to their very high mintages. | |
1965 | 136,131,380 nickels were produced from all three mints, mintmarks were temporarily suspended from 1965 to 1967. | |||
1966 | 156,208,283 nickels were produced from all three mints, mintmarks were temporarily suspended from 1965 to 1967. | |||
1967 | 107,325,800 nickels were produced from all three mints, mintmarks were temporarily suspended from 1965 to 1967. | |||
1968 | 91,227,880 | 100,396,004 | ||
1969 | 202,807,500 | 120,075,000 | ||
1970 | 515,485,380 | 238,832,004 | 1970-S marks the last year of regular circulation issue (Non proof) nickels from that mint. | |
1971 | 106,884,000 | 316,144,800 | ||
1972 | 202,036,000 | 351,694,600 | ||
1973 | 384,396,000 | 361,405,000 | ||
1974 | 601,752,000 | 277,373,000 | ||
1975 | 181,772,000 | 401,875,300 | ||
1976 | 367,124,000 | 563,964,147 | ||
1977 | 585,376,000 | 297,313,422 | ||
1978 | 391,308,000 | 313,092,780 | ||
1979 | 463,188,000 | 325,867,672 | ||
1980 | 593,004,000 | 502,323,448 | ||
1981 | 657,504,000 | 364,801,843 | ||
1982 | 292,355,000 | 373,726,544 | ||
1983 | 561,615,000 | 536,726,276 | ||
1984 | 746,769,000 | 517,675,146 | ||
1985 | 647,114,962 | 459,747,446 | ||
1986 | 536,883,483 | 361,819,140 | ||
1987 | 371,499,481 | 410,590,604 | ||
1988 | 771,360,000 | 663,771,652 | ||
1989 | 898,812,000 | 570,842,474 | ||
1990 | 661,636,000 | 663,938,503 | ||
1991 | 614,104,000 | 436,496,678 | ||
1992 | 399,552,000 | 450,565,113 | ||
1993 | 412,076,000 | 406,084,135 | ||
1994 | 722,160,000 | 715,762,110 | ||
1995 | 774,156,000 | 888,112,000 | ||
1996 | 829,332,000 | 817,736,000 | ||
1997 | 470,972,000 | 466,640,000 | ||
1998 | 688,292,000 | 635,380,000 | ||
1999 | 1,212,000,000 | 1,066,720,000 | ||
2000 | 846,240,000 | 1,509,520,000 | ||
2001 | 675,704,000 | 627,680,000 | ||
2002 | 539,280,000 | 691,200,000 | ||
2003 | 441,840,000 | 383,040,000 | ||
2004 | 361,440,000[6] | 372,000,000[6] | Westward Journey nickel series Peace Medal | |
2004 | 366,720,000[6] | 344,880,000[6] | Westward Journey nickel series Keelboat | |
2005 | 448,320,000[7] | 487,680,000[7] | Westward Journey nickel series American Bison | |
2005 | 394,080,000[7] | 411,120,000[7] | Westward Journey nickel series Ocean in View | |
2006 | 693,120,000 | 809,280,000 | ||
2007 | 571,680,000 | 626,160,000 | ||
2008 | 279,840,000 | 345,600,000 | ||
2009 | 39,840,000 | 46,800,000 | ||
2010 | 260,640,000 | 229,920,000 | ||
2011 | 450,000,000[8] | 540,240,000[8] | ||
2012 | 464,640,000[9] | 558,960,000[9] | ||
2013 | 607,440,000[10] | 615,600,000[10] | ||
2014 | 570,720,000[11] | 635,520,000[11] | ||
2015 | 752,880,000[12] | 846,720,000[12] | ||
2016 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Yeoman, R.S. (2015). A Guide Book of United States Coins. Whitman Publishing.
- ↑ "1939-D Jefferson Nickel Now A Key Date". www.bellaonline.com. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ↑ "US Coins: 75 Years of Jefferson Nickels". www.coinweek.com. September 19, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ↑ "1964 a Momentous Year in Coins". www.numismaster.com. August 19, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Why Mint Marks?". www.usmint.gov. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "2004 Westward Journey Nickel Series Coin Production". United States Mint. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "2005 Westward Journey Nickel Series Coin Production". United States Mint. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- 1 2 "2011 Circulating Coin Production (in millions)". United States Mint. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- 1 2 "2012 Circulating Coin Production (in millions)". United States Mint. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- 1 2 "2013 Circulating Coin Production (in millions)". United States Mint. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- 1 2 "2014 Circulating Coin Production (in millions)". United States Mint. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- 1 2 "2015 Circulating Coin Production (in millions)". United States Mint. Retrieved January 27, 2016.