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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.
A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book) is the longest running price guide for U.S. coins. Across all formats, 24 million copies have been sold. [2] The first edition, dated 1947, went on sale in November 1946. Except for a one-year hiatus in 1950, publication has continued to the present.
This caused the Royal Australian Mint to continue minting 50c coins from 1969 onwards to be dodecagonal and with copper-nickel. [7] These original 1966 50c coins are now extremely rare to find in circulation and in coin rolls. $1 and $2 coins were introduced in 1984 and 1988 respectively, so there are more newer coins.
The Jefferson nickel has been the five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint since 1938, when it replaced the Buffalo nickel.From 1938 until 2004, the copper-nickel coin's obverse featured a profile depiction of Founding Father and third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson by artist Felix Schlag; the obverse design used in 2005 was also in profile, though by Joe Fitzgerald.
A nickel's melt value fell below its face value from late 2008 through mid-2010, and more recently again from late mid-2012. [114] In February 2014, it was reported that the Mint was conducting experiments to use copper-plated zinc (the same composition used for the United States 1 cent coin) for the nickel.
nickel 25% 3: plain Thomas Jefferson (profile) Monticello: 1938–2003 wide nickel see article: Westward Journey nickel: Lewis & Clark bicentennial designs: 2004–2005 Thomas Jefferson (portrait) Monticello: 2006–present 10¢ 17.91 mm (0.705 in) 1.35 mm (0.053 in) 2.268 g (35.00 gr) Core: copper 100% Plating: copper 75% nickel 25% Overall ...
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In 1915, the mint issued the Panama–Pacific half union, which had a face value of $50. This was the first time a commemorative coin was produced in a denomination that was not issued for circulation (a half union coin was proposed, but was never released into circulation).