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U.S. collector price guide

Jefferson Nickel

257 dated issues mapped by mint, strike, variety, grade, and collector value.

Issues257

Date span1938–2025

Business strikes197

Proofs60

Varieties32

Melt tracked11

Collector Context

Designer Felix SchlagYears 1938–present

Won a public design competition with prize money of $1,000 - one of few US coin designs chosen by open competition. The wartime alloy (35% silver, 1942–1945) marked the silver content with a large mintmark above Monticello - the first time the Philadelphia Mint used a P mintmark.

Wartime Composition Changes

1942–1946

Most Active MintP · 91

Lowest Mintage Listed1,6551971 Jefferson Nickel (no-s)

Starter Coins

Lower entry prices in this series

1948 Jefferson NickelP$0.05 1948-D Jefferson NickelD$0.05 1948-S Jefferson NickelS$0.05 1949 Jefferson NickelP$0.05

Key Dates

Highest low-grade estimates

1971 Jefferson Nickel (no-s)P · variety · proof$6001997 Jefferson Nickel (matte-finish)P · variety · proof$1101994 Jefferson Nickel (matte-finish)P · variety · proof$402017-S Jefferson Nickel (enhanced-uncirculated)S · variety$181939-D Jefferson NickelD$10

Notable Issues

Varieties, proofs, and researched notes

1971 Jefferson Nickel (no-s)P · variety · proof$6001997 Jefferson Nickel (matte-finish)P · variety · proof$1101994 Jefferson Nickel (matte-finish)P · variety · proof$402017-S Jefferson Nickel (enhanced-uncirculated)S · variety$181942-S Jefferson Nickel (silver-war)S · variety$3

1938

P$0.5 D$1.75 S$2.75

1939

P$0.3 D$10 S$1.75

1940

P$0.3 D$0.4 S$0.4

1941

P$0.25 D$0.3 S$0.35

1942

P$0.3 P★$0.3 D$1 S★$3

1943

P★$3 D★$3 S★$3

1944

P★$3 D★$3 S★$3

1945

P★$3 D★$3 S★$3

1946

P$0.3 D$0.4 S$0.45

1947

P$0.3 D$0.35 S$0.45

1948

P$0.05 D$0.05 S$0.05

1949

P$0.05 D$0.05 S$0.05

1950

1951

P$0.05 D$0.05 S$0.05

1952

P$0.05 D$0.05 S$0.05

1953

P$0.05 D$0.05 S$0.05

1954

P$0.05 D$0.05 S$0.05 S★$0.05

1955

P$0.05 D$0.05 D★$0.05

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

P$0.5 D$0.5 PPR★$600 SPR$3

1972

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1973

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1974

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1975

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1976

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1977

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1978

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1979

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1980

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1981

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1982

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1983

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1984

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1985

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1986

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1987

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1988

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1989

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1990

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1991

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1992

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1993

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1994

P$0.5 D$0.5 PPR★$40 SPR$3

1995

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1996

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1997

P$0.5 D$0.5 PPR★$110 SPR$3

1998

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

1999

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2000

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2001

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2002

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2003

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2004

P★$0.5 P★$0.5 D★$0.5 D★$0.5 SPR★$3 SPR★$3

2005

P★$0.5 P★$0.5 D★$0.5 D★$0.5 SPR★$3 SPR★$3

2006

P★$0.5 D★$0.5 SPR★$3

2007

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2008

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2009

2010

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2011

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2012

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2013

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2014

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2015

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2016

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2017

P$0.5 D$0.5 S★$18 SPR$3

2018

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2019

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2020

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2021

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2022

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2023

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2024

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

2025

P$0.5 D$0.5 SPR$3

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