Please take the time to look at the rest of the nickels in your pocket change! ALL nickels made since 1980, and about half of them made between 1968 and 1979, will have a mint mark near the date. P or blank = Philadelphia, D = Denver, S = San Francisco (only 1968-70)
So the small P means you have one of the 661,636,000 nickels struck in Philadelphia that year, and it's only worth 5 cents.
The back of ALL U.S. coins is upside-down in relation to the front. Your 2004 nickel is worth 5 cents.
Likely the date has worn off, but it's still 5 cents.
What you most likely have is a "V" or "Liberty Head" nickel, there is a V on the reverse, the roman numeral for 5 because a nickel is worth 5 cents.
It's NOT a U.S. nickel. The coin is a 5 CENTAVOS coin dated 1944 from the Commonwealth of the Philippines issue. It has a average value of 25 cents.
The P mint mark was only used on the back of nickels dated 1942 to 1945. If that's what you have it's a so-called "war nickel" made of copper, manganese, and silver as a means of conserving nickel for the war effort. They sell for about 80-90 cents in circulated condition. Nickels dated 1980 and later may have a P or D on the front, but they're only worth 5 cents.
Roughly translated E Pluribus Unum means, "out of many, one.
The back of ALL U.S. coins is upside-down in relation to the front. Your 2004 nickel is worth 5 cents.
Likely the date has worn off, but it's still 5 cents.
E pluribus Unum is translated "From many, One" and is one of the mottos of the United States.
Uh, the "lady" is Miss Liberty. Also, if you remember Roman numerals from school, "V" is the symbol for 5 so "V Cents" means you have an old nickel called a Liberty Head nickel. Please check the coin's date and see the question "What is the value of a [date] US nickel?" for prices and other information.
What you most likely have is a "V" or "Liberty Head" nickel, there is a V on the reverse, the roman numeral for 5 because a nickel is worth 5 cents.
It's NOT a U.S. nickel. The coin is a 5 CENTAVOS coin dated 1944 from the Commonwealth of the Philippines issue. It has a average value of 25 cents.
Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, is featured on the front of the nickel. This design has been in use since 1938.
The P mint mark was only used on the back of nickels dated 1942 to 1945. If that's what you have it's a so-called "war nickel" made of copper, manganese, and silver as a means of conserving nickel for the war effort. They sell for about 80-90 cents in circulated condition. Nickels dated 1980 and later may have a P or D on the front, but they're only worth 5 cents.
the obverse
There's no such coin. The U.S. did not mint nickels until 1866. If your coin has a picture of Thomas Jefferson on the front, it's a modern commemorative nickel issued to mark the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition. It's worth exactly 5 cents.
This would be a Liberty Nickel, also called a "V" nickel. They were minted from 1883 to 1912 (and 5 dated 1913). Values range from about 10 cents for one worn almost beyond recognition to about $2 Million (for one of those 1913's).