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Every nickel production figure we could trace to the U.S. Mint, 1900 to 2011, with the years the sources don't cover marked as such. Each row names its source.

“From 1913 to 1938, the Mint produced the iconic “Buffalo” nickel, designed by James Earle Fraser.” (U.S. Mint) “Jefferson took his place on the obverse of the nickel in 1938 with Monticello, his Virginia home, on the reverse. These designs, both by Felix Schlag, continued until 2003.” (U.S. Mint) From October 1942 through 1945 the five-cent coin was 35% silver, and Philadelphia's P appeared on it. Denver's nickels start in 1912 in the Mint's record (pamphlet, table C29, PDF p. 56), a year after its first cents.

Designs

Year by year

Columns are production facilities. Where every coin in a column carries the same mark, the mark is under the heading; otherwise it's beside each figure. “Mark not stated” means the Mint's report gives the facility but not the mark. A dash means no figure from that facility within what the row's source covers, and each row with a dash says what that is: for 1900 to 1963 the Mint's record counts every coin struck, so a dash means none; later sources cover circulation coins only, so a dash there doesn't rule out proof or collector coins from that facility. Shaded rows combine more than one design.

Nickels: coins by year and facility, 1900-2025
YearPhiladelphiaDenverSan FranciscoWhat the figure counts, and notesSource (see list below)
190027,255,995
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
190126,480,213
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
190231,480,579
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
190328,006,725
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
190421,404,984
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
190529,827,276
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
190638,613,725
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
190739,214,800
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
190822,686,177
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
190911,590,526
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
191030,169,353
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
191139,559,372
no mint mark
none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1
191226,236,714
no mint mark
8,474,000
D
238,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
191360,852,239
no mint mark
9,493,000
D
3,314,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
191420,665,738
no mint mark
3,912,000
D
3,470,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
191520,987,270
no mint mark
7,569,500
D
1,505,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
191663,498,066
no mint mark
13,333,000
D
11,860,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
191751,424,029
no mint mark
9,910,800
D
4,193,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
191832,086,314
no mint mark
8,362,000
D
4,882,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
191960,868,000
no mint mark
8,006,000
D
7,521,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
192063,093,000
no mint mark
9,418,000
D
9,689,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
192110,663,000
no mint mark
none in this row's coverage1,557,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 3
1922none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragenone in this row's coverageThe Mint's coinage record shows none struck at any mint that year.4
192335,715,000
no mint mark
none in this row's coverage6,142,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 3
192421,620,000
no mint mark
5,258,000
D
1,437,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
192535,565,100
no mint mark
4,450,000
D
6,256,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
192644,693,000
no mint mark
5,638,000
D
970,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
192737,981,000
no mint mark
5,730,000
D
3,430,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
192823,411,000
no mint mark
6,436,000
D
6,936,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
192936,446,000
no mint mark
8,370,000
D
7,754,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
193022,849,000
no mint mark
none in this row's coverage5,435,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 3
1931none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coverage1,200,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
3
1932none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragenone in this row's coverageThe Mint's coinage record shows none struck at any mint that year.4
1933none in this row's coveragenone in this row's coveragenone in this row's coverageThe Mint's coinage record shows none struck at any mint that year.4
193420,213,003
no mint mark
7,480,000
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 2
193558,264,000
no mint mark
12,092,000
D
10,300,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
1936119,001,420
no mint mark
24,814,000
D
14,930,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
193779,485,769
no mint mark
17,826,000
D
5,635,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
193819,515,365
no mint mark
12,396,000
D
4,105,000
S
All nickel designs of 1938 combined; a figure for this design alone isn't available here.
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)
1, 2, 3
1939120,627,535
no mint mark
3,514,000
D
6,630,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
1940176,499,158
no mint mark
43,540,000
D
39,690,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
1941203,283,720
no mint mark
53,432,000
D
43,445,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
1942107,719,200
P on the silver-alloy coins only
13,938,000
D
32,900,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)
Includes both the regular copper-nickel coins and the wartime silver alloy, which began October 1, 1942; the Mint's record doesn't split 1942 by alloy.
1, 2, 3
1943271,165,000
P
15,294,000
D
104,060,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
1944119,150,000
P
32,309,000
D
21,640,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
1945119,408,100
P
37,158,000
D
58,939,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
1946161,116,000
no mint mark
45,292,200
D
13,560,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
194795,000,000
no mint mark
37,822,000
D
24,720,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
194889,348,000
no mint mark
44,734,000
D
11,300,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
194960,652,000
no mint mark
36,498,000
D
9,716,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
19509,847,386
no mint mark
2,630,030
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 2
195128,609,500
no mint mark
20,460,000
D
7,776,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
195264,069,980
no mint mark
30,638,000
D
20,572,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
195346,772,800
no mint mark
59,878,600
D
19,210,900
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
195447,917,350
no mint mark
117,136,560
D
29,384,000
S
struck that calendar year (includes proofs)1, 2, 3
19558,266,200
no mint mark
74,464,100
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 2
195635,885,384
no mint mark
67,222,940
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 2
195739,655,952
no mint mark
136,828,900
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 2
195817,963,652
no mint mark
168,249,120
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 2
195928,397,291
no mint mark
160,738,240
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 2
196057,107,602
no mint mark
192,582,180
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 2
196176,668,244
no mint mark
229,342,760
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 2
1962100,602,019
no mint mark
280,195,720
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 2
1963178,851,645
no mint mark
276,829,460
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year (includes proofs)
– : the Mint's coinage record shows none struck at that facility that year.
1, 2
19641,028,622,762
no mint mark
1,787,297,160
D
none in this row's coveragecoins bearing this date
Counts coins bearing the date 1964, struck from January 1964 into 1966. “Coins bearing the 1964 date were manufactured from Jan. 1964 through Apr. 1966, inclusive.” (Mint report) Philadelphia's figure includes 3,950,762 proof coins.
– : the Mint's record of coins bearing this date shows none from that facility.
5
196512,440,000
no mint mark
82,291,380
no mint mark
41,400,000
no mint mark
coins bearing this date
Counts coins bearing the date 1965. “Coins bearing the 1965 date were manufactured from Aug. 1965 through July 1966, inclusive. Beginning on Aug. 1, 1966, the first coins to bear the date "1966" will be manufactured.” (Mint report) San Francisco's figure includes special mint set coins.
6
1966Not published in the sources we checked. No calendar-year or dated table for 1966 in the reports we could download.
1967none in this row's coverage75,993,800
no mint mark
31,332,000
no mint mark
struck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
7
1968none in this row's coverage91,227,880
D
100,396,001
mark not stated in the report
struck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
8
1969none in this row's coverage202,807,500
D
120,164,000
mark not stated in the report
struck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
9
1970none in this row's coverage515,485,380
D
238,832,004
mark not stated in the report
struck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
10
1971Not published in the sources we checked. The fiscal 1972 report, which would hold the 1971 calendar-year table, is not in the FRASER files we could download.
1972202,036,000
no mint mark
351,694,600
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
11
1973384,396,000
no mint mark
261,405,400
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
12
1974601,752,000
no mint mark
277,373,000
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
13
1975181,772,000
no mint mark
401,875,300
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
14
1976367,124,000
no mint mark
563,964,147
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
15
1977585,376,000
no mint mark
297,313,472
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
16
1978391,308,000
no mint mark
313,092,780
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
17
1979463,188,000
no mint mark
325,867,672
D
none in this row's coveragestruck that calendar year for circulation
– : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins.
18
1980–1998Not published in the sources we checked. No calendar-year or dated counts in the sources we checked. The annual reports we could read for fiscal 1982 to 1988, 1990 and 1992 count coins manufactured by fiscal year, not by calendar year or date, so their figures can't be matched to the date on a coin; the text of the fiscal 1997 and 1999 reports has no calendar-year coin table either. The other reports for these years were image-only scans we didn't transcribe, or failed to download.
19991,212,000,000
P
1,066,720,000
D
none in this row's coveragecirculating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
19
2000846,240,000
P
1,509,520,000
D
none in this row's coveragecirculating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
20
2001675,704,000
P
627,680,000
D
none in this row's coveragecirculating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
21
2002539,280,000
P
691,200,000
D
none in this row's coveragecirculating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
22
2003441,840,000
P
383,040,000
D
none in this row's coveragecirculating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
23
2004728,160,000
P
716,880,000
D
none in this row's coverageAll Westward Journey nickels designs of 2004 combined (calendar-year production). Per-design figures are in the by-design table on the Westward Journey nickels page.
circulating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
24
2005842.40 million
P
898.80 million
D
none in this row's coverageAll Westward Journey nickels designs of 2005 combined (calendar-year production). Per-design figures are in the by-design table on the Westward Journey nickels page.
circulating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
25
2006693.12 million
P
809.28 million
D
none in this row's coveragecirculating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
26
2007571.68 million
P
626.16 million
D
none in this row's coveragecirculating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
27
2008287.76 million
P
352.80 million
D
none in this row's coveragecirculating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
28
200939.84 million
P
46.80 million
D
none in this row's coveragecirculating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
29
2010260.64 million
P
229.92 million
D
none in this row's coveragecirculating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
30
2011450.00 million
P
540.24 million
D
none in this row's coveragecirculating production that calendar year
– : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown.
31
2012–2025Not published in the sources we checked. The Mint's current production-figures page shows a browser challenge to automated requests, and the archived copies we found don't include these years.
  1. Mint pamphlet 1792-1965, PDF pp. 48 and 50 (printed pp. 44 and 46), table C21
  2. Mint pamphlet 1792-1965, PDF p. 56 (printed p. 52), table C29
  3. Mint pamphlet 1792-1965, PDF p. 63 (printed p. 59), table C35
  4. Mint pamphlet 1792-1965, branch and Philadelphia tables (PDF pp. 42-66)
  5. Mint annual report, FRASER file 1967, PDF p. 145 (printed p. 135), table C50
  6. Mint annual report, FRASER file 1967, PDF p. 151, table C56
  7. Mint annual report, fiscal 1968, PDF p. 75, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1967
  8. Mint annual report, fiscal 1969, PDF p. 48, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1968
  9. Mint annual report, fiscal 1970, PDF p. 56, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1969
  10. Mint annual report, fiscal 1971, PDF p. 50, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1970
  11. Mint annual report, fiscal 1973, PDF p. 87, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1972
  12. Mint annual report, fiscal 1974, PDF p. 108, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1973
  13. Mint annual report, fiscal 1975, PDF p. 104, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1974
  14. Mint annual report, fiscal 1976, PDF p. 107, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1975
  15. Mint annual report, fiscal 1977, PDF p. 87, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1976
  16. Mint annual report, fiscal 1978, PDF p. 87, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1977
  17. Mint annual report, fiscal 1979, PDF p. 83, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1978
  18. Mint annual report, fiscal 1980, PDF p. 68, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1979
  19. Mint production page, 1999 (archived), January 1999 through December 1999
  20. Mint production page, 2000 (archived), January 2000 through December 2000
  21. Mint production page, 2001 (archived), January 2001 through December 2001
  22. Mint production page, 2002 (archived), January 2002 through December 2002
  23. Mint production page, 2003 (archived), January 2003 through December 2003
  24. Mint production page, 2004 (archived), January 2004 through December 2004
  25. Mint production page, 2005 (archived), January 2005 through December 2005
  26. Mint production page, 2006 (archived), January 2006 through December 2006
  27. Mint production page, 2007 (archived), January 2007 through December 2007
  28. Mint production page, 2008 (archived), January 2008 through December 2008
  29. Mint production page, 2009 (archived), January 2009 through December 2009
  30. Mint production page, 2010 (archived), January 2010 through December 2010
  31. Mint production page, 2011 (archived), January 2011 through December 2011

Sources

Figures and quotes checked against their sources on October 12, 2026.