United States nickel mintage figures

These are the mintage quantities for strikings of the United States nickel.

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
1883	(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
1921	S	1,557,000	Semi-key date
1923	(P)	35,715,000	No buffalo nickels were made in 1922. Production resumed in 1923
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
1930	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
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
1942	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.
1942	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
1950	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
1955	D	74,464,100
1956	(P)	35,885,384
1956	D	67,222,940
1957	(P)	39,655,952
1957	D	136,828,900
1958	(P)	17,963,652
1958	D	168,249,120
1959	(P)	28,397,291
1959	D	160,738,240
1960	(P)	57,107,602
1960	D	192,582,180
1961	(P)	76,668,244
1961	D	229,342,760
1962	(P)	110,602,019
1962	D	280,195,720
1963	(P)	178,851,645
1963	D	276,829,460
1964	(P)	1,028,622,762
1964	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
1968	S	100,396,004
1969	D	202,807,500
1969	S	123,099,631
1970	D	515,485,380
1970	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

References

^ "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.
^ "2018 S Jefferson Nickel Photos, Mintage, Specifications, Errors, Varieties, Grading and Much More".

External links

(United States Mint)

[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.

[5] "2018 S Jefferson Nickel Photos, Mintage, Specifications, Errors, Varieties, Grading and Much More".

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