Jefferson Nickels Mintage

The Jefferson Nickel is a long running coin series featuring the 3rd President of the United States and one of the writers of the Declaration of Independence. The series was launched in 1938 and has been minted for all subsequent years to date. There are no significantly low mintages for the duration of the series, making it relatively approachable for the average collector.

Jefferson Nickels

Felix O. Schlag was the designer of the original Jefferson Nickel. His design featured a left facing portrait of Thomas Jefferson on the obverse with an image of his home at Monticello on the reverse. This design was used continuously from 1938 to 2003. During the following three years design changes were make to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark expedition. At the conclusion of the series a new obverse design by Joe Fitzgerald was adopted and used for subsequent years.

For the Jefferson Nickels:

Through 2009, there are a total of 162 different date, mint mark, and design combinations for the series, without consideration to proof versions. Coins were struck variously at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints.

The total number of coins struck for circulation stands at 52,365,660,017.

The lowest mintage occurred with the 1950-D Jefferson Nickel, which had a mintage of 2,630,030.

On the other end of the spectrum, the highest mintage was for the 1964-D Jefferson Nickel at 1,787,297,160.

During the years 1942 to 1945, nickels were struck containing 35% silver. The total mintage of silver nickels was 869,896,100.

In 2009, many collectors were surprised by the mintages of 39,840,000 Philadelphia coins and 46,800,000 Denver coins. These figures represented the lowest in many decades.

Jefferson Nickel Mintages

IssueMintage
193819,496,000
1938-D5,376,000
1938-S4,105,000
1939120,615,000
1939-D3,514,000
1939-S6,630,000
1940176,485,000
1940-D43,540,000
1940-S39,690,000
1941203,265,000
1941-D53,432,000
1941-S43,445,000
194249,789,000
1942-D13,938,000
1942-P Silver57,873,000
1942-S Silver32,900,000
1943-P Silver271,165,000
1943-D Silver15,294,000
1943-S Silver104,060,000
1944-P Silver119,150,000
1944-D Silver32,309,000
1944-S Silver21,640,000
1945-P Silver119,408,100
1945-D Silver37,158,000
1945-S Silver58,939,000
1946161,116,000
1946-D45,292,200
1946-S13,560,000
194795,000,000
1947-D37,822,000
1947-S24,720,000
194889,348,000
1948-D44,734,000
1948-S11,300,000
194960,652,000
1949-D36,498,000
1949-S9,716,000
19509,796,000
1950-D2,630,030
195128,552,000
1951-D20,460,000
1951-S7,776,000
195263,988,000
1952-D30,638,000
1952-S20,572,000
195346,644,000
1953-D59,878,600
1953-S19,210,900
195447,684,050
1954-D117,183,060
1954-S29,384,000
19557,888,000
1955-D74,464,100
195635,216,000
1956-D67,222,940
195738,408,000
1957-D136,828,900
195817,088,000
1958-D168,249,120
195927,248,000
1959-D160,738,240
196055,416,000
1960-D192,582,180
196173,640,100
1961-D229,342,760
196297,384,000
1962-D280,195,720
1963178,851,645
1963-D276,829,460
19641,028,622,762
1964-D1,787,297,160
1965136,131,380
1966156,208,283
1967107,325,800
1968-D91,227,880
1968-S100,396,004
1969-D202,807,500
1969-S120,075,000
1970-D515,485,380
1970-S238,832,004
1971106,884,000
1971-D316,144,800
1972202,036,000
1972-D351,694,600
1973384,396,000
1973-D361,405,000
1974601,752,000
1974-D277,373,000
1975181,772,000
1975-D401,875,300
1976367,124,000
1976-D563,964,147
1977585,376,000
1977-D297,313,422
1978391,308,000
1978-D313,092,780
1979463,188,000
1979-D325,867,672
1980-P593,004,000
1980-D502,323,448
1981-P657,504,000
1981-D364,801,843
1982-P292,355,000
1982-D373,726,544
1983-P561,615,000
1983-D536,726,276
1984-P746,769,000
1984-D517,675,146
1985-P647,114,962
1985-D459,747,446
1986-P536,883,483
1986-D361,819,140
1987-P371,499,481
1987-D410,590,604
1988-P771,360,000
1988-D663,771,652
1989-P898,812,000
1989-D570,842,474
1990-P661,636,000
1990-D663,938,503
1991-P614,104,000
1991-D436,496,678
1992-P399,552,000
1992-D450,565,113
1993-P412,076,000
1993-D406,084,135
1994-P722,160,000
1994-D715,762,110
1995-P774,156,000
1995-D888,112,000
1996-P829,332,000
1996-D817,736,000
1997-P470,972,000
1997-D466,640,000
1998-P688,292,000
1998-D635,380,000
1999-P1,212,000,000
1999-D1,066,720,000
2000-P846,240,000
2000-D1,509,520,000
2001-P675,704,000
2001-D627,680,000
2002-P539,280,000
2002-D691,200,000
2003-P441,840,000
2003-D383,040,000
2004-P Peace Medal361,440,000
2004-D Peace Medal372,000,000
2004-P Keelboat366,720,000
2004-D Keelboat344,880,000
2005-P Bison448,320,000
2005-D Bison487,680,000
2005-P Ocean394,080,000
2005-D Ocean411,120,000
2006-P693,120,000
2006-D809,280,000
2007-P571,680,000
2007-D626,160,000
2008-P279,840,000
2008-D345,600,000
2009-P39,840,000
2009-D46,800,000

Source: Jefferson Nickels