Copper Nickel, Without Shield (1859) |
Weight: 4.67 grams
Content: 88% copper 12% nickel
Diameter: 19 millimeters
Below the bow of the wreath on the reverse.
None Philadelphia 1793-present
S San Francisco, CA 1854-1955; 1968-present
| Year | Circulation | Proofs |
| 1859 | 36,400,000 | About 800 |
Copper Nickel With Shield (1860 - 1864) |
Content: 88% copper 12% nickel
| Year | Circulation | Proofs |
| 1860 | 20,566,000 | About 1,000 |
| 1861 | 10,100,000 | About 1,000 |
| 1862 | 28,075,000 | About 550 |
| 1863 | 49,840,000 | About 460 |
| 1864 Copper-Nickel | 13,740,000 | About 370 |
Copper With Shield (1864 - 1909) |
Content: 95% copper 5% tin / zinc
| Year | Circulation | Proofs |
| 1864 | 39,233,714 | About 150 |
| 1864 L | Believed to be 5,000,000 out of the total 1864 mintage of 39,233,714 | About 20 |
| 1865 | 35,429,286 | About 500 |
| 1866 | 9,286,500 | About 725 |
| 1867 | 9,821,000 | About 625 |
| 1868 | 10,266,500 | About 600 |
| 1869 | 6,420,000 | About 600 |
| 1870 | 5,275,000 | About 1,000 |
| 1871 | 3,929,500 | About 960 |
| 1872 | 4,042,000 | About 950 |
| 1873 | 11,676,500 | About 1,100 |
| 1874 | 14,187,500 | About 700 |
| 1875 | 13,528,000 | About 700 |
| 1876 | 7,944,000 | About 1,150 |
| 1877 | 852,500 | About 1,000 |
| 1878 | 5,797,500 | About 2,350 |
| 1879 | 16,228,000 | About 3,200 |
| 1880 | 38,961,000 | About 3,955 |
| 1881 | 39,208,000 | About 3,575 |
| 1882 | 38,578,000 | About 3,100 |
| 1883 | 45,591,500 | 6,609 |
| 1884 | 23,257,800 | 3,942 |
| 1885 | 11,761,594 | 3,790 |
| 1886 | 17,650,000 | 4,290 |
| 1887 | 45,223,523 | 2,960 |
| 1888 | 37,489,832 | 4,582 |
| 1889 | 48,866,025 | 3,336 |
| 1890 | 57,180,114 | 2,740 |
| 1891 | 47,070,000 | 2,745 |
| 1892 | 37,647,087 | 2,745 |
| 1893 | 46,640,000 | 2,195 |
| 1894 | 16,749,500 | 2,632 |
| 1895 | 38,341,474 | 2,062 |
| 1896 | 39,055,431 | 1,862 |
| 1897 | 50,464,392 | 1,938 |
| 1898 | 49,281,284 | 1,795 |
| 1899 | 53,598,000 | 2,031 |
| 1900 | 66,831,502 | 2,262 |
| 1901 | 79,609,158 | 1,985 |
| 1902 | 87,374,704 | 2,018 |
| 1903 | 85,092,703 | 1,790 |
| 1904 | 61,326,198 | 1,817 |
| 1905 | 80,717,011 | 2,152 |
| 1906 | 96,020,530 | 1,725 |
| 1907 | 108,137,143 | 1,475 |
| 1908 | 32,326,367 | 1,620 |
| 1908 S | 1,115,000 | 0 |
| 1909 | 14,368,470 | 2,175 |
| 1909 S | 309,000 | 0 |
