Shield Nickels
How Much Shield Nickels are Worth: Shield Nickel Values & Coin Price Chart
Early Five Cent Nickels (1866-1883)
Designer - Engraver: James B Longacre
Metal Composition: 75% Copper - 25% Nickel
Diameter: 20.5 mm
Mass / Weight: 5 grams
| Year | Details | Mintage | G (4) |
VG (8) |
F (12) |
VF (20) |
EF (40) |
AU (50) | MS (60) |
MS (63) |
PR (63) | For Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866 P | With Rays | 14,742,500 | 42 | 55 | 71 | 120 | 202 | 275 | 428 | 599 | 2,065 | 22 |
| 1866 P | Repunched Date | N/A | 71 | 120 | 213 | 306 | 544 | 1,216 | 1,836 | 3,980 | - | 1 |
| 1867 P | Type 1 - With Rays | 2,019,000 | 48 | 59 | 89 | 144 | 244 | 346 | 487 | 705 | 36,432 | 5 |
| 1867 P | Type 2 - Without Rays | 28,890,500 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 55 | 79 | 129 | 171 | 275 | 571 | 74 |
| 1868 P | 28,817,000 | 37 | 42 | 48 | 55 | 89 | 129 | 174 | 275 | 458 | 67 | |
| 1869 P | 16,395,000 | 37 | 42 | 48 | 55 | 89 | 129 | 174 | 275 | 458 | 49 | |
| 1870 P | 4,806,000 | 37 | 48 | 71 | 98 | 120 | 171 | 275 | 487 | 458 | 16 | |
| 1871 P | 561,000 | 98 | 120 | 181 | 251 | 346 | 458 | 625 | 975 | 458 | 0 | |
| 1872 P | 6,036,000 | 48 | 59 | 115 | 141 | 159 | 213 | 283 | 367 | 458 | 15 | |
| 1873 P | Closed 3 | 436,050 | 37 | 55 | 98 | 151 | 202 | 244 | 428 | 909 | 458 | 0 |
| 1873 P | Open 3 | 4,113,950 | 42 | 55 | 71 | 98 | 141 | 174 | 275 | 367 | - | 5 |
| 1874 P | 3,538,000 | 42 | 48 | 89 | 115 | 144 | 202 | 306 | 398 | 458 | 2 | |
| 1875 P | 2,097,000 | 59 | 79 | 120 | 159 | 190 | 259 | 337 | 487 | 458 | 3 | |
| 1876 P | 2,530,000 | 55 | 67 | 100 | 159 | 174 | 244 | 314 | 398 | 458 | 8 | |
| 1877 P | Proof Only | 900 | 1,315 | 1,489 | 1,943 | 2,124 | 2,669 | 2,837 | 3,392 | - | 3,553 | 0 |
| 1878 P | Proof Only | 2,350 | 651 | 773 | 875 | 1,040 | 1,216 | 1,315 | 1,526 | - | 1,413 | 0 |
| 1879 P | 29,100 | 516 | 599 | 705 | 783 | 1,040 | 1,359 | 2,207 | 2,707 | 458 | 0 | |
| 1879 P | 9 Over 8 | N/A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 599 | 0 |
| 1880 P | 19,995 | 2,207 | 2,669 | 3,177 | 3,553 | 7,171 | 9,050 | 15,310 | 30,247 | 458 | 0 | |
| 1881 P | 72,375 | 306 | 428 | 516 | 621 | 705 | 942 | 1,359 | 1,638 | 458 | 2 | |
| 1882 P | 11,476,600 | 37 | 42 | 48 | 55 | 89 | 129 | 182 | 275 | 458 | 28 | |
| 1883 P | 1,456,919 | 37 | 42 | 48 | 55 | 89 | 129 | 182 | 275 | 458 | 11 | |
| 1883 P | 3 Over 2 | N/A | 306 | 398 | 773 | 1,102 | 1,489 | 1,837 | 2,571 | 3,017 | - | 1 |
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