2016-P Richard M. Nixon, NIFC

Philadelphia struck 5,460,000 Richard M. Nixon dollars in 2016, the highest Philadelphia mintage of the three 2016 designs and roughly 1.26 times the matching Denver figure. The coin opened the program year on February 3, 2016, the first of three 2016 issues in strict presidential succession ahead of Ford and Reagan, and was distributed exclusively through Mint-product channels under the Not Intended For Circulation policy in force since December 13, 2011. The P mintmark sits on the edge alongside the date and the inscriptions E PLURIBUS UNUM and IN GOD WE TRUST, applied as a third strike after the obverse and reverse press. Don Everhart designed and sculpted the obverse portrait of the 37th president, the only U.S. president to resign from office.

Strike quality on the 2016-P Nixon is generally crisp, and the larger of the two business-strike runs spreads across enough die pairings to produce a mix of die states from sharp early-state to softer late-state pieces. First softening typically appears on the high points of Nixon's hair and on Liberty's torch flame. Edge-error collecting on Presidential Dollars centers on that third lettering strike: missing-edge, doubled-edge, and weak-edge pieces all surface in original 2016 rolls, though at lower verified rates than the 2007 Washington plain-edge variety after a decade of program-wide quality tightening. A genuine missing-edge 2016-P slabbed by PCGS, the Professional Coin Grading Service, or NGC, the Numismatic Guaranty Company, commands a meaningful premium; raw claims need careful inspection because the edge lettering can wear off in handling without indicating a true Mint error.

For collectors, the 2016-P Nixon is the highest-mintage member of the 2016 NIFC year and the easiest of the three to source in original Mint packaging. Population data shows broad MS66 and MS67 supply from satin-finish rolls, and an inexpensive certified MS67 is the realistic registry-set choice. An original 25-coin Mint-wrapped roll trades only marginally above face value. The strongest collecting argument for this date sits in series context as the lead coin of the program's final regular year, ahead of the 2020 Bush posthumous closer. For the December 2011 NIFC cutover and the wider distribution shift, see the Presidential Dollar series history.