95 million in Philadelphia, 37.8 million in Denver, and 24.7 million in San Francisco for a total of 157.5 million.
It's not silver, it's made of copper-nickel like all other nickels except the WWII ones with a large mint mark above the dome of Monticello. 1947 is not a rare date for Jefferson nickels. There's more information at the Related Question.
The Buffalo nickels were made from 1913 - 1938
From mid-1942 to 1945, (World War II) composition nickels were created. These coins are 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% manganese. These coins are usually a bit darker than regular nickels, said to be due to their manganese content (as was true of many British coins minted from 1920 through 1947) Fact: The only other U.S. coins to use manganese are the Sacagawea and presidential dollars.
Over one hundred million 104,060,000
NICKELS dated 1940 & 1941 arre made from .750 copper and .250 nickel.
From 1946 to date, the coins are made from copper-nickel. Only the "War Nickels" from late 1942-1945 were 35% silver. No other U.S. nickels of any date contain any silver.
38,612,000 Liberty Head nickels were made in 1906. All were struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
According to the US mint, about 1023.60 million nickels were made in 2012. This is just over 1 billion.
It's not silver, it's made of copper-nickel like all other nickels except the WWII ones with a large mint mark above the dome of Monticello. 1947 is not a rare date for Jefferson nickels. There's more information at the Related Question.
It depends on the economy, they make as many as needed.
Nickels are made every year. Millions or billions are produced.
You could have: 8 nickels and 1 penny or 6 nickels and 11 pennies or 4 nickels and 21 pennies or 2 nickels and 31 pennies. The option of 0 nickels and 41 pennies is excluded by the necessity that the amount is made up of dimes, nickels and pennies; 0 nickels would mean the $1.21 was made up of dimes and pennies only.
No, Nickels are made from a mixture of 25% Nickel and 75% Copper.
All Buffalo nickels are made from .750 copper & .250 nickel.
Please check your coin again and post a new question. > There's no coin called a "buffalo head" nickel. It's either "Indian head" or "buffalo" - they show the whole animal! > Buffalo nickels were struck from 1913 to 1938. All 1947 nickels are Jefferson nickels.
No, the only US nickels to have silver are the "War Nickels" from 1942 to 1945
No it's not. 1945 was the last year. All the silver "War Nickels" (1942-1945) have large mintmarks on the reverse above the dome of Monticello.