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This list does not include formerly-circulating gold coins, commemorative coins, or bullion coins. This list also does not include the three-cent nickel, which was largely winding down production by 1887 and has no modern equivalent.
1913 Liberty Head nickel: PF-64 CAC United States Hawaii Five-O Heritage Auctions [24] January 2014 $3,172,500 1913 1913 Liberty Head nickel: PR-63 United States George O. Walton Heritage Auctions [25] April 2013 $3,090,000 1927-D Saint-Gaudens double eagle: MS-66+ CAC United States Eliasberg Private sale [26] August 6, 2021 $3,000,000 1911
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.
[1] Seven distinct types of coin composition have been used over the past 200 years: three base coin alloys, two silver alloys, gold, and in recent years, platinum and palladium. The base metal coins were generally alloys of copper (for 2 cent coins and lower), and copper/nickel (for 3 and 5 cent coins). Copper/nickel composition is also used ...
The modern version of the nickel, featuring Thomas Jefferson, debuted in 1938 and replaced the Buffalo nickel, according to the U.S. Mint. If you have a 1971 Jefferson nickel, hold on to it — it ...
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. [115]
A 1913 Liberty Head nickel is the target of a theft plot by the antagonists in Season 6, Episode 14, of the television series Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series), titled "The $100,000 Nickel." A 1913 Liberty Head nickel is also featured in the Bernie Rhodenbarr novel "The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza" by Lawrence Block.
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.