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1913 Liberty Head Nickel (Proof 64) Rare Features: One of the five 1913-dated U.S. Liberty Head nickels. Proof Measurement Score: 64. Sold By: Heritage Auctions. Most Recent Date of Sale: Jan. 6, 2010
Buffalo nickels are nostalgic coins that were in circulation from 1913 until 1938. ... which has sold for between $66,000 and $281,750 due to a rare die anomaly. The 1924-S Buffalo Nickel is ...
1867 is a key date for shield nickels, which were minted from 1866 to 1883, but when the 1867 coin was set to be issued, a variety of rays surrounding the numeral 5 on the reverse were to be removed.
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.
A nickel is a five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint.Composed of cupronickel (75% copper and 25% nickel), the piece has been issued since 1866.Its diameter is 0.835 inches (21.21 mm) and its thickness is 0.077 inches (1.95 mm).
The Shield nickel was the first United States five-cent piece to be made out of copper-nickel, the same alloy of which American nickels are struck today. Designed by James B. Longacre , the coin was issued from 1866 until 1883, when it was replaced by the Liberty Head nickel .
Quite a few rare, valuable coins from the 1940s are still around today. The 1940s mercury dime was part of the 1916 to 1945 series. Roughly 21.5 million were minted.
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.