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Jefferson nickels: values by year

Jefferson nickels have been made since 1938. This site covers 1938–1970. Designed by Felix Schlag. Pick a year to see what each mint mark is worth.

Year-by-year value pages

Metal and weight

  • 1938–1942: 75% copper, 25% nickel, 5.0 g
  • 1942–1945: Wartime alloy: 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese, 5.0 g
  • 1946–1970: 75% copper, 25% nickel, 5.0 g

Where the mint mark is

  • 1938–1942 (regular alloy), 1946–1964: Back of the coin, to the right of Monticello. Philadelphia coins have no letter.
  • 1942–1945 (wartime silver): Back of the coin, a large letter above Monticello's dome. 1942 silver nickels have P or S; 1943–1945 have P, D or S. This is the only time Philadelphia put a P on a coin before 1979.
  • 1965–1967: No mint mark on any nickel.
  • 1968–1970: Front of the coin, below Jefferson's ponytail near the date.

Mintage by year

Coins made for circulation, by mint
YearMintage by mint
1938D: 5,376,000, (no mint mark): 19,496,000, S: 4,105,000
1939D: 3,514,000, (no mint mark): 120,615,000, S: 6,630,000
1940D: 43,540,000, (no mint mark): 176,485,000, S: 39,690,000
1941D: 53,432,000, (no mint mark): 203,265,000, S: 43,445,000
1942D (regular alloy): 13,938,000, (regular alloy): 49,789,000, P (silver): 57,873,000, S (silver): 32,900,000
1943D: 15,294,000, P: 271,165,000, S: 104,060,000
1944D: 32,309,000, P: 119,150,000, S: 21,640,000
1945D: 37,158,000, P: 119,408,100, S: 58,939,000
1946D: 45,292,200, (no mint mark): 161,116,000, S: 13,560,000
1947D: 37,822,000, (no mint mark): 95,000,000, S: 24,720,000
1948D: 44,734,000, (no mint mark): 89,348,000, S: 11,300,000
1949D: 36,498,000, (no mint mark): 60,652,000, S: 9,716,000
1950D: 2,630,030, (no mint mark): 9,796,000
1951D: 20,460,000, (no mint mark): 28,552,000, S: 7,776,000
1952D: 30,638,000, (no mint mark): 63,988,000, S: 20,572,000
1953D: 59,878,600, (no mint mark): 46,644,000, S: 19,210,900
1954D: 117,183,060, (no mint mark): 47,684,050, S: 29,384,000
1955D: 74,464,100, (no mint mark): 7,888,000
1956D: 67,222,940, (no mint mark): 35,216,000
1957D: 136,828,900, (no mint mark): 38,408,000
1958D: 168,249,120, (no mint mark): 17,088,000
1959D: 160,738,240, (no mint mark): 27,248,000
1960D: 192,582,180, (no mint mark): 55,416,000
1961D: 229,342,760, (no mint mark): 73,640,000
1962D: 280,195,720, (no mint mark): 97,384,000
1963D: 276,829,460, (no mint mark): 175,776,000
1964D: 1,787,297,160, (no mint mark, made in Philadelphia): 1,024,672,000
1965(no mint mark): 136,131,380
1966(no mint mark): 156,208,283
1967(no mint mark): 107,325,800
1968D: 91,227,880, S: 100,396,004
1969D: 202,807,500, S: 123,099,631
1970D: 515,485,380, S: 241,464,814

P is Philadelphia, D Denver, S San Francisco, O New Orleans, CC Carson City, W West Point. Years in links have a full value page.