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Accoding to PCGS, an NGC-graded PR66 example sold via Heritage Auctions in 2004 netted the seller a cool $132,250, which is about $220,998 in value today. Other Modern (and More Common) Nickels
Before the U.S. Mint began striking nickels in 1866, it produced five-cent coins in silver known as half dimes from 1792 to 1873. Now, some of those nickels are worth big bucks , even reaching ...
If you based the odds strictly on the U.S. adult population (about 258 million), then the average U.S. adult has a 1,500-in-258 million chance of finding one, or 0.0000058%.
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.
1854-S $5 Liberty Half Eagle United States Heritage Auctions [44] August 2018 $2,160,000 1928 Pattern "Mukden Tiger" Dollar China Heritage Auctions: December 2021 $2,115,000 1907 $20 Ultra High Relief LE United States Heritage Auctions [45] January 2015 $2,086,875 1893-S 1893-S Morgan dollar: MS-67 CAC United States GreatCollections [46] August ...
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.
2. 1944-S Steel Wheat Penny — $1.1 million This penny somehow missed the 1944 transition from steel-coated zinc to copper, and it’s worth a fortune as a result. Just two copies of the San ...
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.