These are the mintage quantities for strikings of the United States nickel .
P = Philadelphia Mint D = Denver Mint S = San Francisco Mint W = West Point Mint
[ edit ] With Rays, 1866–1867 Year Mint Mintage Comments 1866 (P) 14,742,500 First year of issue 1867 (P) 2,019,000 Last year with rays on reverse of coin. Most 1867 shield nickels are of the "No Rays" variety.
Without Rays, 1867–1883 Year Mint Mintage Comments 1867 (P) 28,890,500 Type 2, Without Rays 1868 (P) 28,817,000 1869 (P) 16,395,000 1870 (P) 4,806,000 1871 (P) 561,000 1872 (P) 6,036,000 1873 (P) 4,549,100 Includes Open 3 and Closed 3 varieties 1874 (P) 3,538,000 1875 (P) 2,097,000 1876 (P) 2,530,000 1877 (P) 900 Proof only 1878 (P) 2,350 Proof only 1879 (P) 29,100 1880 (P) 19,995 Key date 1881 (P) 72,375 1882 (P) 11,476,600 1883 (P) 1,456,919 Last year of issue
[ edit ] Liberty Head V Nickel (1883-1913) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1883 (P) 5,479,519 1883, No "CENTS" on reverse (P) 16,032,983 1883, With "CENTS" on reverse 1884 (P) 11,273,942 1885 (P) 1,476,490 Key date 1886 (P) 3,330,290 Key date 1887 (P) 15,263,652 1888 (P) 10,720,483 1889 (P) 15,881,361 1890 (P) 16,259,272 1891 (P) 16,834,350 1892 (P) 11,699,642 1893 (P) 13,370,195 1894 (P) 5,413,132 1895 (P) 9,979,884 1896 (P) 8,842,920 1897 (P) 20,428,735 1898 (P) 12,532,087 1899 (P) 26,029,031 1900 (P) 27,255,995 1901 (P) 26,480,213 1902 (P) 31,480,579 1903 (P) 28,006,725 1904 (P) 21,404,984 1905 (P) 29,827,276 1906 (P) 38,613,725 1907 (P) 39,214,800 1908 (P) 22,686,177 1909 (P) 11,590,526 1910 (P) 30,169,353 1911 (P) 39,559,372 Highest mintage of the series 1912 (P) 26,236,714 D 8,474,000 Only year minted at the Denver Mint S 238,000 Only year minted at the San Francisco Mint, Key date 1913 (P) 5 Incredibly rare, 5 known to exist
[ edit ] Indian Head (or Buffalo) nickel 1913–1938 Year Mint Mintage Comments 1913, Type 1 (P) 30,993,520 Type 1, mound on reverse D 5,337,000 Type 1, mound on reverse S 2,105,000 Type 1, mound on reverse 1913, Type 2 (P) 29,858,700 Type 2, flat on reverse D 4,156,000 Type 2, flat on reverse S 1,209,000 Type 2, flat on reverse, Key date 1914 (P) 20,665,738 Includes 4 Over 3 variety D 3,912,000 Semi-key date S 3,470,000 1915 (P) 20,987,270 D 7,569,500 S 1,505,000 Semi-key date 1916 (P) 63,498,066 D 13,333,000 S 11,860,000 1917 (P) 51,424,029 D 9,910,800 S 4,193,000 1918 (P) 32,086,314 D 8,362,314 Includes 8 Over 7 variety S 4,882,000 1919 (P) 60,868,000 D 8,006,000 S 7,521,000 1920 (P) 63,093,000 D 9,418,000 S 9,689,000 1921 (P) 10,663,000 S 1,557,000 Semi-key date 1923 (P) 35,715,000 No buffalo nickels were made in 1922. Production resumed in 1923 S 6,142,000 Semi-key date 1924 (P) 21,620,000 D 5,258,000 S 1,437,000 Semi-key date 1925 (P) 35,565,100 D 4,450,000 S 6,256,000 1926 (P) 44,693,000 D 5,638,000 S 970,000 Semi-key date 1927 (P) 37,981,000 D 5,730,000 S 3,430,000 1928 (P) 23,411,000 D 6,436,000 S 6,936,000 1929 (P) 36,446,000 D 8,370,000 S 7,754,000 1930 (P) 22,849,000 S 5,435,000 1931 S 1,200,000 Only S mintmarks for 1931. Semi-key date 1934 (P) 20,213,003 No nickels minted during 1932 and 1933. Production resumes 1934 D 7,480,000 1935 (P) 58,264,000 D 12,092,000 S 10,300,000 1936 (P) 119,001,420 Highest mintage of the series D 24,814,000 Includes the rare "3 and 1/2 Legs" variety S 14,930,000 1937 (P) 79,485,769 Second-highest mintage of the series D 17,826,000 Includes the rare "3 Legs" variety S 5,635,000 1938 D 7,020,000 Includes the "D on S" variety, 1938 Buffalo nickels were only minted in Denver
[ edit ] 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.[ 1] brilliant uncirculated roll boom that burst between 1963 and 1964.[ 2] [ 3] 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.[ 4]
Pre-War Composition (75% copper, 25% nickel) 1938-1942 Year Mint Mintage Comments 1938 (P) 19,515,365 First year of issue D 5,376,000 S 4,105,000 1939 (P) 120,627,535 D 3,514,000 Semi-key date S 6,630,000 1940 (P) 176,499,158 D 43,540,000 S 39,690,000 1941 (P) 203,283,720 D 53,432,000 S 43,445,000 1942 (P) 49,818,600 D 13,938,000
Wartime Composition (56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese) 1942-1945 Year Mint Mintage Comments 1942 P 57,900,600 Can be told apart from the non-silver nickels since these have a mintmark above Monticello. S 32,900,000 1943 P 271,165,000 D 15,294,000 S 104,060,000 1944 P 119,150,000 D 32,309,000 S 21,640,000 1945 P 119,408,100 D 37,158,000 S 58,939,000
Post-War Composition (75% copper, 25% nickel) 1946-2003 Year Mint Mintage Comments 1946 (P) 161,116,000 D 45,292,200 S 13,560,000 1947 (P) 95,000,000 D 37,822,000 S 24,720,000 1948 (P) 89,348,000 D 44,734,000 S 11,300,000 1949 (P) 60,652,000 D 36,498,000 S 9,716,000 1950 (P) 9,847,386 D 2,630,030 Key date 1951 (P) 28,609,500 D 20,460,000 S 7,776,000 1952 (P) 64,069,980 D 30,638,000 S 20,572,000 1953 (P) 46,772,800 D 59,878,600 S 19,210,900 1954 (P) 47,917,350 D 117,136,560 S 29,384,000 1955 (P) 8,266,200 D 74,464,100 1956 (P) 35,885,384 D 67,222,940 1957 (P) 39,655,952 D 136,828,900 1958 (P) 17,963,652 D 168,249,120 1959 (P) 28,397,291 D 160,738,240 1960 (P) 57,107,602 D 192,582,180 1961 (P) 76,668,244 D 229,342,760 1962 (P) 110,602,019 D 280,195,720 1963 (P) 178,851,645 D 276,829,460 1964 (P) 1,028,622,762 D 1,787,297,160 1965 (P/D/S) 136,131,380 Mintmarks suspended until 1968 to discourage coin collecting. 1966 (P/D/S) 156,208,283 Mintmarks suspended until 1968 to discourage coin collecting. 1967 (P/D/S) 107,325,800 Mintmarks suspended until 1968 to discourage coin collecting. 1968 D 91,227,880 S 100,396,004 1969 D 202,807,500 S 123,099,631 1970 D 515,485,380 S 241,464,814 1971 (P) 106,884,000 D 316,144,800 S 3,220,733 Proof only. Includes the very rare "No S" variety, of which there are ~200 known. 1972 (P) 202,036,000 D 351,694,600 S 3,260,996 Proof only 1973 (P) 384,396,000 D 261,405,000 S 2,760,339 Proof only 1974 (P) 601,752,000 D 277,373,000 S 2,612,568 Proof only 1975 (P) 181,772,000 D 401,875,300 S 2,845,450 Proof only 1976 (P) 367,124,000 D 563,964,147 S 2,845,450 Proof only 1977 (P) 585,376,000 D 297,313,460 S 3,251,152 Proof only 1978 (P) 391,308,000 D 313,092,780 S 3,127,781 Proof only 1979 (P) 463,188,000 D 325,867,672 S 3,677,175 Proof only 1980 P 593,004,000 "P" mintmark added to the obverse of the coin. D 502,323,448 S 3,554,806 Proof only 1981 P 657,504,000 D 364,801,843 S 4,063,083 Proof only 1982 P 292,355,000 D 373,726,544 S 3,857,479 Proof only 1983 P 561,615,000 D 536,726,276 S 3,279,126 Proof only 1984 P 746,769,000 D 517,675,146 S 3,065,110 Proof only 1985 P 647,114,962 D 459,747,446 S 3,362,821 Proof only 1986 P 536,883,483 D 361,819,140 S 3,010,497 Proof only 1987 P 371,499,481 D 410,590,604 S 4,227,728 Proof only 1988 P 771,360,000 D 663,771,652 S 3,262,948 Proof only 1989 P 898,812,000 D 570,842,474 S 3,220,194 Proof only 1990 P 661,636,000 D 663,938,503 S 3,299,559 Proof only 1991 P 614,104,000 D 436,496,678 S 2,867,787 Proof only 1992 P 399,552,000 D 450,565,113 S 4,176,560 Proof only 1993 P 412,076,000 D 406,084,135 S 3,394,792 Proof only 1994 P 722,160,000 P 167,703 Special Frosted Matte Uncirculated. Included in collector's sets. D 715,762,110 S 3,269,923 Proof only 1995 P 774,156,000 D 888,112,000 S 2,797,481 Proof only 1996 P 829,332,000 D 817,736,000 S 2,525,625 Proof only 1997 P 470,972,000 P 25,000 Special Frosted Matte Uncirculated. Rare - Included in collector's sets. D 466,640,000 S 2,796,678 Proof only 1998 P 688,292,000 D 635,380,000 S 2,086,507 Proof only 1999 P 1,212,000,000 D 1,066,720,000 S 3,347,966 Proof only 2000 P 846,240,000 D 1,509,220,000 S 4,047,993 Proof only 2001 P 675,704,000 D 627,680,000 S 3,184,606 Proof only 2002 P 529,280,000 D 691,200,000 S 3,211,995 Proof only 2003 P 441,840,000 D 383,040,000 S 3,298,439 Proof only
Westward Journey Series, 2004-2005 Year Mint Mintage Comments 2004 P 361,440,000 Louisiana Purchase reverse D 372,000,000 Louisiana Purchase reverse S 2,992,069 Louisiana Purchase reverse, proof only 2004 P 366,720,000 Keelboat reverse D 344,880,000 Keelboat reverse S 2,965,422 Keelboat reverse, proof only 2005 P 448,320,000 American Bison reverse D 487,680,000 American Bison reverse S 3,344,679 American Bison reverse, proof only 2005 P 394,080,000 Ocean in View reverse D 411,120,000 Ocean in View reverse S 3,344,679 Ocean in View reverse, proof only
Return to Monticello (75% copper, 25% nickel) 2006-Present Year Mint Mintage Comments 2006 P 693,120,000 D 809,280,000 S 3,054,436 Proof only 2007 P 571,680,000 D 626,160,000 S 2,577,166 Proof only 2008 P 279,840,000 D 345,600,000 S 2,169,561 Proof only 2009 P 39,840,000 the Great Recession caused low mintage numbers not seen since the 1950s. D 46,800,000 S 2,179,867 Proof only 2010 P 260,640,000 D 229,920,000 S 1,689,216 Proof only 2011 P 450,000,000 D 540,240,000 S 1,673,010 Proof only 2012 P 464,640,000 D 558,960,000 S 1,239,148 Proof only 2013 P 607,440,000 D 615,600,000 S 1,274,505 Proof only 2014 P 635,520,000 D 570,720,000 S 1,193,735 Proof only 2015 P 752,880,000 D 846,720,000 S 1,099,413 Proof only 2016 P 786,960,000 D 759,600,000 S 1,011,684 Proof only 2017 P 710,160,000 D 663,120,000 S 979,498 Proof only S 223,310 Enhanced Uncirculated 2018 P 629,520,000 D 626,880,000 S 898,986 Proof only S 199,177 Reverse proof[ 5] 2019 P 567,854,400 D 527,040,000 S 989,862 Proof only 2020 P 837,600,000 D 785,500,000 S 823,909 Proof only W 464,658 Proof W 313,183 Reverse proof 2021 P 772,700,000 D 798,000,000 S 861,607 Proof only 2022 P 769,900,000 D 777,600,000 S 647,160 Proof only 2023 P 692,600,000 D 734,800,000 S 551,802 Proof only 2024 P 36,720,000 As of October 28, 2024 D 32,880,000 As of October 28, 2024 S TBA Proof only
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