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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.
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.
In the hope of making them easy to sort out and withdraw after the war, the Mint struck all "war nickels" with a large mint mark appearing above Monticello. The mint mark P for Philadelphia was the first time that mint's mark had appeared on a U.S. coin. [91] The pre-war composition returned in 1946; all nickels struck since then have been in ...
D = Denver Mint. S = San Francisco Mint. 1999 quarters. Delaware. Delaware reverse, 1999 (Nickel-clad copper unless otherwise noted) Year Mint Mintage [1] [2]
1948–1963 [1] Mint marks: D, S on reverse, above yoke of bell and below letter E in STATES. Philadelphia Mint coins struck without mint mark. Obverse; Design: Benjamin Franklin: Designer: John R. Sinnock: Design date: 1948: Reverse; Design: Liberty Bell: Designer: Sinnock with participation by Gilroy Roberts: Design date: 1948
The 1919-D Buffalo Nickel has an estimated value of approximately $1,713, but its widespread use makes the high-quality nickel difficult to obtain. ... mint-condition nickels are worth more than ...
The "P" mint mark was first used on the Susan B. Anthony Dollars starting 1979. From 1980 until 2017, the Lincoln cent was the only coin that did not always have a mint mark, using a "D" when struck in Denver but lacking a "P" when ostensibly struck at the Philadelphia mint. This practice allowed the additional minting of coins at the San ...
Doubled die coins are mainly created by a defective hub which is used to create many dies for the minting process. Collectors classify doubled dies as DDO (doubled die obverse coins), DDR (doubled die reverse) and OMM (over mint mark). The over mint mark is created when a one date and mint mark is punched over another date, part of a date, or ...