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Jefferson Nickels

Key DatesMintageSemi-Key DatesMintage
1938-D5,376,000 1948-S11,300,000
1938-S4,105,000 1949-S9,716,000
1939-D3,514,000 1950 9,796,000
1939-S6,630,000 1951-S7,776,000
1950-D2,630,030 19557,888,000

PCGS Different Jefferson Nickel Types

Year-MintError/VarietyVariety NameVariety VistaPCGS
1938DDOFS-101VV PCGS
1938QDOFS-105VV PCGS
1938DDOFS-106VV PCGS
1939Reverse of 1940 PCGS
1939Reverse of 1938 PCGS
1939DDO - Reverse of 1940FS-101VV PCGS
1939DDRFS-801VV PCGS
1939QDRFS-802VV PCGS
1939-DReverse of 1940 PCGS
1939-DReverse of 1938 PCGS
1939-SReverse of 1940 PCGS
1939-SReverse of 1938 PCGS
1940-SS/SFS-501VV PCGS
1941-DD/DFS-501VV PCGS
1941-SLarge SFS-501VV PCGS
1941-SS/SFS-502VV PCGS
1941-SInverted MMFS-503 PCGS
1942Type 1 - DDOFS-101VV PCGS
1942Type 1 - DDOFS-102VV PCGS
1942Type 2 - P/PFS-501VV PCGS
1942-DType 1 - D/Horizontal DFS-501VV PCGS
1942-SType 2 - S/SFS-501VV PCGS
1943Type 2 - 1943/2FS-101VV PCGS
1943Type 2 - DDOFS-102VV PCGS
1943Type 2 - DDOFS-103VV PCGS
1943Type 2 - DDO (Doubled Eye)FS-106VV PCGS
1943-DType 2 - D/DFS-501VV PCGS
1944-DType 2 - D/DFS-501VV PCGS
1945Type 2 - TDRFS-801VV PCGS
1945Type 2 - TDRFS-803VV PCGS
1945Type 2 - TDRFS-804VV PCGS
1945-DType 2 - DDOFS-101VV PCGS
1945-DType 2 - D/DFS-501VV PCGS
1946DDRFS-801VV PCGS
1946-DD/Inverted DFS-501VV PCGS
1946-SDDOFS-101VV PCGS
1949-DD/SFS-501VV PCGS
1953-DD/Inverted DFS-501VV PCGS
1954-DD/DFS-501VV PCGS
1954-SS/DFS-501VV PCGS
1954-SS/SFS-502VV PCGS
1954-SDDR - steps b/n N T in MonticelloFS-801VV PCGS
1955-DD/SFS-501VV PCGS
1956QDRFS-801VV PCGS
1956TDRFS-802VV PCGS
1958-DD/Inverted DFS-501VV PCGS
1963TDRFS-801VV PCGS
1964-DD/DFS-501VV PCGS
1975-DMMM - High DFS-401 PCGS
2004Peace Medal DDOFS-101VV PCGS
2005-DBison - spear on rev. PCGS

Henning Nickels - weighs more than 5.0 grams.

1939, 1944, 1946, 1947 and 1953.

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Valuable Full-Step Nickels

19491955-D1963-D
19521956-D1965 (not SMS)
195319601966 (not SMS)
1953-S19611968-D
1954-D1961-D1969-D
1954-S1962-D1970-D

Source: RobFindsTreasure on YouTube


Reverse of 1938 & 1940


1943-P Doubled Die Obverse


Source: PCGS.com


1975-D High-D Links

NGC Example
PCGS Example

Example found by Dad's Spare Change


2005-D Bison - spear on reverse

Source: PCGS

 


 

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