Date/Mint Mark | Mintage for Circulation | Mintage of Proofs | Comments | 1938 | 19,515,365 | 19,365 | First year type DDO known | 1938-D | 5,376,000 | | | 1938-S | 4,105,000 | | | 1939 | 120,627,535 | 12,535 | Double Die Rev. Die 1 & Die 2 | 1939-D | 3,514,000 | | | 1939-S | 6,630,000 | | | 1940 | 176,499,158 | 14,158 | | 1940-D | 43,540,000 | | | 1940-S | 39,690,000 | | | 1941 | 203,283,720 | 18,720 | | 1941-D | 53,432,000 | | | 1941-S | 43,445,000 | | Look for: Large and Small MintMarks | 1942 | 49,818,600 | 29,600 | | 1942-D | 13,938,000 | | D/D Horizontal | Wartime Nickels | 1942-P | 57,900,600 | 27,600 | Beginning of the "P" mintmark being added | 1942-S | 32,900,000 | | | 1943-P | 271,165,000 | | Check for varieties: 1942/3 and DDO. | 1943-D | 15,294,000 | | | 1943-S | 104,060,000 | | | 1944-P | 119,150,000 | | Coins without the "P" mintmark may be fake | 1944-D | 32,309,000 | | | 1944-S | 21,640,000 | | | 1945-P | 119,408,100 | | | 1945-D | 37,158,000 | | | 1945-S | 58,939,000 | | | End of Wartime Mintage | 1946 | 161,116,000 | | | 1946-D | 45,292,200 | | | 1946-S | 13,560,000 | | | 1947 | 95,000,000 | | | 1947-D | 37,822,000 | | | 1947-S | 24,720,000 | | | 1948 | 89,348,000 | | | 1948-D | 44,734,000 | | | 1948-S | 11,300,000 | | | 1949 | 60,652,000 | | | 1949-D | 36,498,000 | | | 1949-S | 9,716,000 | | OMM--D/S | 1950 | 9,847,386 | 51,386 | | 1950-D | 2,630,030 | | One of the most sought after dates | 1951 | 28,609,500 | 57,500 | | 1951-D | 20,460,000 | | | 1951-S | 7,776,000 | | | 1952 | 64,069,980 | 81,980 | | 1952-D | 30,638,000 | | | 1952-S | 20,572,000 | | | 1953 | 46,772,800 | 128,800 | | 1953-D | 59,878,600 | | | 1953-S | 19,210,900 | | | 1954 | 47,917,350 | 233,300 | | 1954-D | 117,183,060 | | | 1954-S | 29,384,000 | | OMM--S/D | 1955 | 8,266,200 | 378,200 | | 1955-D | 74,464,100 | | OMM--D/S | 1956 | 35,885,384 | 669,384 | | 1956-D | 67,222,940 | | | 1957 | 39,655,952 | 1,247,952 | | 1957-D | 136,828,900 | | | 1958 | 17,963,652 | 875,652 | | 1958-D | 168,249,120 | | | 1959 | 28,397,291 | 1,149,291 | | 1959-D | 160,738,240 | | | 1960 | 57,107,602 | 1,691,602 | | 1960-D | 192,582,180 | | | 1961 | 76,668,244 | 3,028,144 | | 1961-D | 229,342,760 | | | 1962 | 100,602,109 | 3,218,019 | | 1962-D | 280195720 | | | 1963 | 178,851,645 | 3,075,645 | | 1963-D | 276,829,460 | | | 1964 | 1,028,622,762 | 3,950,762 | | 1964-D | 1,787,297,160 | | | 1965 | 136,131,380 | | | 1965 | 2,360,000 | | SMS | 1966 | 156,208,283 | | | 1966 | 2,261,583 | | SMS | 1967 | 107,325,800 | | | 1967 | 1,863,344 | | SMS | 1968-D | 91,227,880 | | | 1968-S | 103,437,510 | 3,014,506 | | 1969-D | 202,807,500 | | | 1969-S | 123,009,631 | 2,934,631 | | 1970-D | 515,485,380 | | | 1970-S | 241,464,814 | 2,632,810 | | 1971 | 106,884,000 | | | 1971-D | 316,144,800 | | | 1971-S | | 3,220,733 | Scarce Missing "S" | 1972 | 202,036,000 | | | 1972-D | 351,694,600 | | | 1972-S | | 3,260,996 | | 1973 | 384,396,000 | | | 1973-D | 261,405,000 | | | 1973-S | | 2,760,339 | | 1974 | 601,752,000 | | | 1974-D | 277,373,000 | | | 1974-S | | 2,612,568 | | 1975 | 181,772,000 | | | 1975-D | 401,875,300 | | | 1975-S | | 2,845,450 | | 1976 | 367,124,000 | | | 1976-D | 563,964,147 | | | 1976-S | | 4,149,730 | | 1977 | 585,376,000 | | | 1977-D | 297,313,422 | | | 1977-S | | 3,251,152 | | 1978 | 391,308,000 | | | 1978-D | 313,092,780 | | | 1978-S | | 3,127,781 | | 1979 | 463,188,000 | | | 1979-D | 325,867,672 | | | 1979-S | | 3,677,175 | Two Types | 1980 | 593,004,000 | | | 1980-D | 502,323,448 | | | 1980-S | | 3,554,806 | Two Types | 1981 | 957,504,000 | | | 1981-D | 364,801,843 | | | 1981-S | | 4,063,083 | | 1982 | 292,355,000 | | | 1982-D | 373,726,544 | | | 1982-S | | 3,857,479 | | 1983 | 561,615,000 | | | 1983-D | 536,726,276 | | | 1983-S | | 3,279,126 | | 1984 | 746,769,000 | | | 1984-D | 517,675,146 | | | 1984-S | | 3,065,110 | | 1985 | 647,114,962 | | | 1985-D | 459,747,446 | | | 1985-S | | 3,362,821 | | 1986 | 536,883,483 | | | 1986-D | 361,819,140 | | | 1986-S | | 3,010,497 | | 1987 | 371,499,481 | | | 1987-D | 410,590,604 | | | 1987-S | | 4,227,728 | | 1988 | 771,360,000 | | | 1988-D | 663,771,652 | | | 1988-S | | 3,262,948 | | 1989 | 898,812,000 | | | 1989-D | 570,842,474 | | | 1989-S | | 3,220,194 | | 1990 | 661,636,000 | | | 1990-D | 663,938,503 | | Neat Variety! | 1990-S | | 3,299,559 | | 1991 | 614,104,000 | | | 1991-D | 436,496,678 | | | 1991-S | | 2,867,787 | | 1992 | 399,552,000 | | | 1992-D | 450,565,113 | | | 1992-S | | 4,176,560 | | 1993 | 412,076,000 | | | 1993-D | 406,074,135 | | | 1993-S | | 3,394,792 | | 1994 | 722,160,000 | | | 1994 | 167,703 | | SMS | 1994-D | 715,762,110 | | | 1994-S | | 3,269,923 | | 1995 | 771,456,000 | | | 1995-D | 888,112,000 | | | 1995-S | | 2,797,481 | | 1996 | 829,332,000 | | | 1996-D | 817,736,000 | | | 1996-S | | 2,525,265 | | 1997 | 470,972,000 | | | 1997 | 25,000 | | SMS | 1997-D | 466,640,000 | | | 1997-S | | 2,796,678 | | 1998 | 688,272,000 | | | 1998-D | 635,360,000 | | | 1998-S | | 2,086,507 | | 1999 | 1,212,000,000 | | | 1999-D | 1,066,720,000 | | | 1999-S | | 2,543,401 | | 2000 | 846,240,000 | | | 2000-D | 1,509,520,000 | | | 2000-S | | 3,082,483 | | 2001 | 675,704,000 | | | 2001-D | 627,680,000 | | | 2001-S | | 2,294,043 | | 2002 | 539,280,000 | | | 2002-D | 691,200,000 | | | 2002-S | | 2,277,720 | | 2003 | | | | 2003-D | | | | 2003-S | | | | Westward Journey Nickel Series™ | 2004 | 728,160,000 | | | 2004-D | 716,880,000 | | | 2004-S | | | | 2005 | 842,400,000 | | | 2005-D | 898,800,000 | | | 2005-S | | | | End of Series | 2006 | | | | 2006-D | | | | 2006-S | | | | 2007 | | | | 2007-D | | | | 2007-S | | | | 2008 | | | | 2008-D | | | | 2008-S | | | | 2009 | | | | 2009-D | | | | 2009-S | | | | 2010 | | | | 2010-D | | | | 2010-S | | | |
Thanks to "Hoot" for allowing the use of his photos for use on part of this date listing |
