5 Cents "Jefferson Wartime Nickel" 1st portrait

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1942-1945
Value	5 Cents (0.05 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Billon (.350 silver) (56% Copper, 35% Silver, 9% Manganese)
Weight	5 g
Diameter	21.2 mm
Thickness	1.95 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 45
References	PCGS# 4016-4027, 4173, etc. PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts) , Greysheet# 3240-3265, 3353, etc. Greysheet (https://www.greysheet.com/coin-prices) , KM# 192a Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 196a Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

The portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States from between 1801 to 1809, facing left surrounded with the lettering "LIBERTY" and the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST"

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IN GOD WE TRUST
LIBERTY * 1943
FS

Engraver: Felix Schlag

Reverse

A representation of Monticello, President Thomas Jefferson's Virginia home, accompanied by the legend "MONTICELLO" and surrounded with the face value in full, the motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and the lettering "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".

Script: Latin

Lettering:
E PLURIBUS UNUM
P
MONTICELLO
FIVE CENTS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Translation: Out of Many, One

Engraver: Felix Schlag

Edge

Plain

Mints

D	United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date)
P	United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
S	United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

On October 8, 1942, the wartime five-cent piece composed of copper (56%), Silver (35%), and manganese (9%) was introduced to eliminate nickel, a critical war material. A larger mintmark was placed above the dome of Monticello, indicating the change of alloy, The letter P (Philadelphia) was used for the first time.

There are many varieties for the 1943 P Double Die Obverse, including a 1943/1942 overdate.

1943P

1945P

These coins can be differentiated between other coins from 1942 that were made of copper-nickel by seeing where the mintmark is located. If there is a mintmark on the reverse above Monticello, it is a war nickel (this coin). If it is not, then it belongs to the transition year (KM#192)

Genuine coins of certain dates erroneously struck in nickel are known to exist.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1942 P	57 873 000	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 2.30	$ 2.40	$ 6.30	$ 13		29%
1942 P	27 600							$ 75	Proof	0.8%
1942 S	32 900 000	$ 1.60	$ 1.60	$ 2.10	$ 2.10	$ 3.20	$ 6.90	$ 9.50		22%
1943 D	15 294 000	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 2.70	$ 3.70	$ 6.90	$ 13		18%
1943 P	271 165 000	$ 2.10	$ 2.10	$ 2.10	$ 2.20	$ 3.20	$ 4.90	$ 10.00		58%
1943 P								$ 9.30	Doubled-Die Obverse	1.3%
1943 S	104 060 000	$ 1.80	$ 1.80	$ 1.80	$ 2.70	$ 2.70	$ 4.20	$ 9.70		35%
1944 D	32 309 000	$ 1.80	$ 1.80	$ 2.00	$ 2.40	$ 2.60	$ 7.40	$ 17		21%
1944 P	119 150 000	$ 1.70	$ 1.70	$ 1.70	$ 2.20	$ 2.50	$ 8.60	$ 9.50		37%
1944 S	21 640 000	$ 1.70	$ 1.70	$ 1.70	$ 2.20	$ 2.20	$ 6.30	$ 21		18%
1945 D	37 158 000	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 8.90	$ 9.90		22%
1945 P	119 408 100	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 2.10	$ 2.40	$ 3.20	$ 12		37%
1945 P									Doubled Die Reverse	0.3%
1945 S	58 939 000	$ 1.80	$ 1.80	$ 1.80	$ 2.40	$ 2.40	$ 6.60	$ 9.80		28%

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Actual billon weight: 0.056 oz

Current billon price: 0.00 USD/oz

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