Jefferson Nickel Mintages (1938–Present)
U.S. Nickel Mintages (1866–Present)
The United States nickel has a long and fascinating history, beginning with the Shield nickel in 1866 and continuing through Liberty Head nickels, Buffalo nickels, and Jefferson nickels to the present day.
Below is a complete mintage chart covering the major nickel designs and year-by-year circulation mintages. Collectors often use mintage figures to identify key dates, low mintage issues, and scarcer coins that can be more difficult to locate in higher grades.
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Key Dates and Low Mintage U.S. Nickels
- 1871 Shield Nickel — Very low mintage issue
- 1880 Shield Nickel — Important key date
- 1885 Liberty Head Nickel — Major key date
- 1886 Liberty Head Nickel — Scarce better-date issue
- 1912-S Liberty Head Nickel — Key date and only San Francisco Liberty nickel
- 1913 Type 2-S Buffalo Nickel — Key date
- 1921-S Buffalo Nickel — Scarce semi-key
- 1924-S Buffalo Nickel — Scarce semi-key
- 1926-S Buffalo Nickel — One of the toughest Buffalo nickels
- 1931-S Buffalo Nickel — Popular semi-key
- 1939-D Jefferson Nickel — Important early key date
- 1950-D Jefferson Nickel — Lowest regular-issue mintage of the series
- 2009-P and 2009-D Jefferson Nickels — Modern low-mintage circulation issues
Shield Nickels (1866–1883)
With Rays (1866–1867)
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1866 | P | 14,742,500 |
| 1867 | P | 2,019,000 |
Without Rays (1867–1883)
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1867 | P | 28,890,500 |
| 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 |
| 1874 | P | 3,538,000 |
| 1875 | P | 2,097,000 |
| 1876 | P | 2,530,000 |
| 1877 | P | 900 |
| 1878 | P | 2,350 |
| 1879 | P | 29,100 |
| 1880 | P | 19,995 |
| 1881 | P | 72,375 |
| 1882 | P | 11,476,600 |
| 1883 | P | 1,456,919 |
Note: 1877 and 1878 Shield nickels were proof-only issues and are major collector coins.
Liberty Head V Nickels (1883–1913)
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1883 No Cents | P | 5,479,519 |
| 1883 With Cents | P | 16,032,983 |
| 1884 | P | 11,273,942 |
| 1885 | P | 1,476,490 |
| 1886 | P | 3,330,290 |
| 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 |
| 1912 | P | 26,236,714 |
| 1912 | D | 8,474,000 |
| 1912 | S | 238,000 |
Note: The famous 1913 Liberty Head nickel is not a regular circulation issue. Only five are known.
Buffalo Nickels (1913–1938)
Type 1 (1913)
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 Type 1 | P | 30,993,520 |
| 1913 Type 1 | D | 5,337,000 |
| 1913 Type 1 | S | 2,105,000 |
Type 2 and Later Issues (1913–1938)
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 Type 2 | P | 29,858,700 |
| 1913 Type 2 | D | 4,156,000 |
| 1913 Type 2 | S | 1,209,000 |
| 1914 | P | 20,665,738 |
| 1914 | D | 3,912,000 |
| 1914 | S | 3,470,000 |
| 1915 | P | 20,987,270 |
| 1915 | D | 7,569,500 |
| 1915 | S | 1,505,000 |
| 1916 | P | 63,498,066 |
| 1916 | D | 13,333,000 |
| 1916 | S | 11,836,000 |
| 1917 | P | 51,424,019 |
| 1917 | D | 9,910,000 |
| 1917 | S | 4,193,000 |
| 1918 | P | 32,087,388 |
| 1918 | D | 8,362,000 |
| 1918 | S | 4,882,000 |
| 1919 | P | 60,868,314 |
| 1919 | D | 8,006,000 |
| 1919 | S | 7,521,000 |
| 1920 | P | 63,093,000 |
| 1920 | D | 9,418,000 |
| 1920 | S | 9,689,000 |
| 1921 | P | 10,663,000 |
| 1921 | S | 1,557,000 |
| 1923 | P | 35,715,100 |
| 1923 | S | 6,142,000 |
| 1924 | P | 21,620,000 |
| 1924 | D | 5,258,000 |
| 1924 | S | 1,437,000 |
| 1925 | P | 35,565,100 |
| 1925 | D | 4,450,000 |
| 1925 | S | 6,256,000 |
| 1926 | P | 44,693,000 |
| 1926 | D | 5,638,000 |
| 1926 | S | 970,000 |
| 1927 | P | 37,981,000 |
| 1927 | D | 5,730,000 |
| 1927 | S | 3,430,000 |
| 1928 | P | 23,411,000 |
| 1928 | D | 6,436,000 |
| 1928 | S | 6,936,000 |
| 1929 | P | 36,446,000 |
| 1929 | D | 8,370,000 |
| 1929 | S | 7,754,000 |
| 1930 | P | 22,849,000 |
| 1930 | S | 5,435,000 |
| 1931 | S | 1,200,000 |
| 1934 | P | 20,213,003 |
| 1934 | D | 7,480,000 |
| 1935 | P | 58,264,000 |
| 1935 | D | 12,092,000 |
| 1935 | S | 10,300,000 |
| 1936 | P | 119,001,420 |
| 1936 | D | 24,814,000 |
| 1936 | S | 14,930,000 |
| 1937 | P | 79,485,769 |
| 1937 | D | 17,826,000 |
| 1937 | S | 5,635,000 |
| 1938 | D | 7,020,000 |
Note: No Buffalo nickels were minted in 1922, 1932, or 1933.
Jefferson Nickels (1938–Present)
Early Jefferson Nickels (1938–1942)
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | P | 19,496,000 |
| 1938 | D | 5,376,000 |
| 1938 | S | 4,105,000 |
| 1939 | P | 120,615,000 |
| 1939 | D | 3,514,000 |
| 1939 | S | 6,630,000 |
| 1940 | P | 176,485,000 |
| 1940 | D | 43,540,000 |
| 1940 | S | 39,690,000 |
| 1941 | P | 203,265,000 |
| 1941 | D | 53,432,000 |
| 1941 | S | 43,445,000 |
| 1942 | P | 49,789,000 |
| 1942 | D | 13,938,000 |
Wartime Silver Nickels (1942–1945)
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | P | 57,873,000 |
| 1942 | S | 32,900,000 |
| 1943 | P | 271,165,000 |
| 1943 | D | 15,294,000 |
| 1943 | S | 104,060,000 |
| 1944 | P | 119,150,000 |
| 1944 | D | 32,309,000 |
| 1944 | S | 21,640,000 |
| 1945 | P | 119,408,100 |
| 1945 | D | 37,158,000 |
| 1945 | S | 58,939,000 |
Note: Wartime nickels contain 35% silver and have a large mintmark above Monticello on the reverse.
Post-War Jefferson Nickels (1946–2003)
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | P | 161,116,000 |
| 1946 | D | 45,292,200 |
| 1946 | S | 13,560,000 |
| 1947 | P | 95,000,000 |
| 1947 | D | 37,822,000 |
| 1947 | S | 24,720,000 |
| 1948 | P | 89,348,000 |
| 1948 | D | 44,734,000 |
| 1948 | S | 11,300,000 |
| 1949 | P | 60,652,000 |
| 1949 | D | 36,498,000 |
| 1949 | S | 9,716,000 |
| 1950 | P | 9,796,000 |
| 1950 | D | 2,630,030 |
| 1951 | P | 28,552,000 |
| 1951 | D | 20,460,000 |
| 1951 | S | 7,776,000 |
| 1952 | P | 63,988,000 |
| 1952 | D | 30,638,000 |
| 1952 | S | 20,572,000 |
| 1953 | P | 46,644,000 |
| 1953 | D | 59,878,600 |
| 1953 | S | 19,210,900 |
| 1954 | P | 47,684,000 |
| 1954 | D | 117,183,060 |
| 1954 | S | 29,384,000 |
| 1955 | P | 8,032,000 |
| 1955 | D | 74,464,100 |
| 1956 | P | 35,111,000 |
| 1956 | D | 67,222,940 |
| 1957 | P | 38,408,000 |
| 1957 | D | 136,828,900 |
| 1958 | P | 17,088,000 |
| 1958 | D | 168,249,120 |
| 1959 | P | 27,248,000 |
| 1959 | D | 160,738,240 |
| 1960 | P | 55,416,000 |
| 1960 | D | 192,582,180 |
| 1961 | P | 73,640,000 |
| 1961 | D | 229,342,760 |
| 1962 | P | 97,384,000 |
| 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 | No Mint Mark | 136,131,380 |
| 1966 | No Mint Mark | 156,208,283 |
| 1967 | No Mint Mark | 107,325,800 |
| 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 | 214,030,500 |
| 1971 | P | 106,884,000 |
| 1971 | D | 316,144,800 |
| 1972 | P | 202,036,000 |
| 1972 | D | 351,694,600 |
| 1973 | P | 384,396,000 |
| 1973 | D | 261,405,000 |
| 1974 | P | 601,752,000 |
| 1974 | D | 277,373,000 |
| 1975 | P | 181,772,000 |
| 1975 | D | 401,875,300 |
| 1976 | P | 367,124,000 |
| 1976 | D | 563,964,147 |
| 1977 | P | 585,376,000 |
| 1977 | D | 297,313,460 |
| 1978 | P | 391,308,000 |
| 1978 | D | 313,092,780 |
| 1979 | P | 463,188,000 |
| 1979 | D | 325,867,672 |
| 1980 | P | 593,004,000 |
| 1980 | D | 502,323,448 |
| 1981 | P | 657,504,000 |
| 1981 | D | 364,801,843 |
| 1982 | P | 292,355,000 |
| 1982 | D | 373,726,544 |
| 1983 | P | 561,615,000 |
| 1983 | D | 536,726,276 |
| 1984 | P | 746,769,000 |
| 1984 | D | 517,675,146 |
| 1985 | P | 647,114,962 |
| 1985 | D | 459,747,446 |
| 1986 | P | 536,883,483 |
| 1986 | D | 361,819,140 |
| 1987 | P | 371,499,481 |
| 1987 | D | 410,590,604 |
| 1988 | P | 771,360,000 |
| 1988 | D | 663,771,652 |
| 1989 | P | 898,812,000 |
| 1989 | D | 570,842,474 |
| 1990 | P | 661,636,000 |
| 1990 | D | 663,938,503 |
| 1991 | P | 614,104,000 |
| 1991 | D | 436,496,678 |
| 1992 | P | 399,552,000 |
| 1992 | D | 450,565,113 |
| 1993 | P | 412,076,000 |
| 1993 | D | 406,084,135 |
| 1994 | P | 722,160,000 |
| 1994 | D | 715,762,110 |
| 1995 | P | 774,156,000 |
| 1995 | D | 888,112,000 |
| 1996 | P | 829,332,000 |
| 1996 | D | 817,736,000 |
| 1997 | P | 470,972,000 |
| 1997 | D | 466,640,000 |
| 1998 | P | 688,292,000 |
| 1998 | D | 635,380,000 |
| 1999 | P | 1,212,000,000 |
| 1999 | D | 1,066,720,000 |
| 2000 | P | 846,240,000 |
| 2000 | D | 1,509,220,000 |
| 2001 | P | 675,704,000 |
| 2001 | D | 627,680,000 |
| 2002 | P | 529,280,000 |
| 2002 | D | 691,200,000 |
| 2003 | P | 441,840,000 |
| 2003 | D | 383,040,000 |
Westward Journey Nickels (2004–2005)
2004 and 2005 featured special reverse designs honoring the Lewis and Clark expedition and westward expansion.
2004 Louisiana Purchase / Peace Medal Reverse
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P | 361,440,000 |
| 2004 | D | 372,000,000 |
2004 Keelboat Reverse
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P | 366,720,000 |
| 2004 | D | 344,880,000 |
2005 American Bison Reverse
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | P | 448,320,000 |
| 2005 | D | 487,680,000 |
2005 Ocean in View Reverse
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | P | 394,080,000 |
| 2005 | D | 411,120,000 |
Return to Monticello Nickels (2006–Present)
| Year | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | P | 693,120,000 |
| 2006 | D | 809,280,000 |
| 2007 | P | 571,680,000 |
| 2007 | D | 626,160,000 |
| 2008 | P | 279,840,000 |
| 2008 | D | 345,600,000 |
| 2009 | P | 39,840,000 |
| 2009 | D | 46,800,000 |
| 2010 | P | 260,640,000 |
| 2010 | D | 229,920,000 |
| 2011 | P | 450,000,000 |
| 2011 | D | 540,240,000 |
| 2012 | P | 464,640,000 |
| 2012 | D | 558,960,000 |
| 2013 | P | 607,440,000 |
| 2013 | D | 615,600,000 |
| 2014 | P | 635,520,000 |
| 2014 | D | 570,720,000 |
| 2015 | P | 752,880,000 |
| 2015 | D | 846,720,000 |
| 2016 | P | 786,960,000 |
| 2016 | D | 759,600,000 |
| 2017 | P | 710,160,000 |
| 2017 | D | 663,120,000 |
| 2018 | P | 629,520,000 |
| 2018 | D | 626,880,000 |
| 2019 | P | 567,854,400 |
| 2019 | D | 527,040,000 |
| 2020 | P | 785,500,000 |
| 2020 | D | 837,600,000 |
| 2021 | P | 772,780,000 |
| 2021 | D | 798,000,000 |
| 2022 | P | 769,920,000 |
| 2022 | D | 777,600,000 |
| 2023 | P | 692,600,000 |
| 2023 | D | 734,800,000 |
| 2024 | P | 79,920,000 |
| 2024 | D | 32,880,000 |
| 2025 | P | 443,840,000 |
| 2025 | D | 322,320,000 |
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