United States nickel mintage figures

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


Parenthesis around the mint mark denotes that the coin does not have a mint mark on the coin, but was minted in that location.

Designs

Shield nickels (1866–1883)

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

Liberty Head V nickel (1883–1913)

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

Indian Head (or Buffalo nickel) (1913–1938)

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

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[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, these have a mintmark above the 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 Depression caused low mintage numbers not seen since the 1950's.
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
2019 P 567,854,400
D 527,040,000
S 989,862 Proof only
2020 P 837,600,000
D 785,500,000
S TBD Proof only
W TBD Uncirculated, first time West Point has minted nickels
W TBD Proof
W TBD Reverse proof

See also

References

  1. "1939-D Jefferson Nickel Now A Key Date". www.bellaonline.com. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  2. "US Coins: 75 Years of Jefferson Nickels". www.coinweek.com. September 19, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  3. "1964 a Momentous Year in Coins". www.numismaster.com. August 19, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  4. "Why Mint Marks?". www.usmint.gov. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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