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.
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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Below are the mintage figures for the Lincoln cent.
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Below are the mintage figures for the America the Beautiful quarters and America the Beautiful silver bullion coins.
Below are the mintage figures for the United States half dollar up to 1963, before the Kennedy half dollar design was introduced. For those, see:
