Weight: 5 grams
Content: 75% copper 25% nickel
Diameter: 21.2 millimeters
Reverse below the button to the left of CENTS.
P or none Philadelphia 1793-present
D Denver, CO 1906-present
S San Francisco, CA 1854-1955; 1968-present
| Year | Circulation | Proofs |
| 1883 No Cents | 5,474,300 | 5,219 |
| 1883 Cents | 16,026,200 | 6,783 |
| 1884 | 11,270,000 | 3,942 |
| 1885 | 1,473,300 | 3,790 |
| 1886 | 3,326,000 | 4,290 |
| 1887 | 15,260,692 | 2,960 |
| 1888 | 10,715,901 | 4,582 |
| 1889 | 15,878,025 | 3,336 |
| 1890 | 16,256,532 | 2,740 |
| 1891 | 16,832,000 | 2,350 |
| 1892 | 11,696,897 | 2,745 |
| 1893 | 13,368,000 | 2,195 |
| 1894 | 5,410,500 | 2,632 |
| 1895 | 9,977,822 | 2,062 |
| 1896 | 8,841,048 | 1,862 |
| 1897 | 20,426,797 | 1,938 |
| 1898 | 12,530,292 | 1,795 |
| 1899 | 26,027,000 | 2,031 |
| 1900 | 27,253,733 | 2,262 |
| 1901 | 26,478,228 | 1,985 |
| 1902 | 31,487,581 | 2,018 |
| 1903 | 28,004,930 | 1,790 |
| 1904 | 21,403,167 | 1,817 |
| 1905 | 29,825,124 | 2,152 |
| 1906 | 38,612,000 | 1,725 |
| 1907 | 39,213,325 | 1,475 |
| 1908 | 22,684,557 | 1,620 |
| 1909 | 11,585,763 | 4,763 |
| 1910 | 30,166,948 | 2,405 |
| 1911 | 39,557,639 | 1,733 |
| 1912 | 26,234,569 | 2,145 |
| 1912 D | 8,474,000 | 0 |
| 1912 S | 238,000 | 0 |
| 1913 | 0 | 5 known |
