1971
| Weight | 5 g |
| Diameter | 21.21 mm |
| Mint | Philadelphia |
| Strike | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 106,884,000 |
| Edge | Plain |
| Alignment | ↑↓ Coin |
| Composition | 75% Copper, 25% Nickel |
| Melt value | — |
| Designer | Felix Schlag |
| Collector's Key ID | CK-1458 |
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Philadelphia struck 106,884,000 Jefferson nickels in 1971, marking the return to Philadelphia as the primary (and at this point sole) producer of circulation nickels without a branch mintmark. The P mintmark would not appear on circulation Jefferson nickels until 1980, so 1971 Philadelphia coins carry no mintmark despite being from the primary facility. The coin is common in all grades and readily available in Mint State.
Strike characteristics are generally strong, and Full Steps examples exist in adequate numbers for specialist demand at modest premiums. Collectors building complete Jefferson nickel sets acquire the 1971 without difficulty.
1971 was the year the United States went off the gold standard, ending the Bretton Woods monetary system that had governed international finance since World War II. Nixon's announcement in August of the dollar's decoupling from gold was a fundamental restructuring of global monetary arrangements. The Jefferson nickels struck that year circulated through a country in the midst of major economic policy changes that would define the 1970s.
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| Grade | Description | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| G-4 | Good (G) | $0.05 | $0.05 |
| VG-8 | Very Good (VG) | $0.05 | $0.05 |
| F-12 | Fine (F) | $0.05 | $0.05 |
| VF-20 | Very Fine (VF) | $0.05 | $0.05 |
| EF-40 | Extremely Fine (EF) | $0.05 | $0.05 |
| AU-50 | About Uncirculated (AU) | $0.05 | $0.05 |
| MS-60 | Uncirculated (MS) | $0.60 | $0.70 |
| MS-63 | Choice Uncirculated (MS) | — | — |
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