The 1955 P Jefferson Nickel

[MIhunter]

I have been searching boxes and CWR of nickels for months and I have yet to find any 1955 P. I haven't found any 1938 D +S or 1950D but they had much lower mintages. I have found plenty of coins with 7-8 million mintage like the 1955 P.

Have you found any 1955 P

 

[brendan1414]

there is no such thing as a 1955 P nickel...

 

[goldencoin]

yes there is, I've found a couple in Michigan, few and far between

HH
-GC

 

[BuffaloBoy]

there is no such thing as a 1955 P nickel...

come on now, the 1955p nickel has a mintage of 7,888,000 compared to the 1955d nickel witha mintage of 74,464,100. The 1955d is 9.44x more likely to show up than a 55p. I have about 10 of those 1955 p nickels from about 30 nickel boxes over the years. I have yet to find the 38d 38s 39d 39s 50d and... the 2009p

 

[ivan salis]

there is no P mint mark used by the mint in 1955 * the large P on the rear was first used to mark the 35% silver war nickles from 1942 thru 1945 * but was dropped post war -- philadelphia mint used no letter P on normal nickle nickles until much later on -- during the war --if it was denver mint a D if san francisco a S and philadelpia was a P for the war nickles -- but after WW2 it was just "plain" again with no mint mark - philadelphia in 1980 used the P mint mark on all nickles

 

[ibuildcircuits]

I have found 1955 mo mint mark... is it low mintage??

 

[BuffaloBoy]

I have found 1955 mo mint mark... is it low mintage??

check ou the post I made above, should be helpful. yes, it is low mintage.

 

[brendan1414]

I have found 1955 mo mint mark... is it low mintage??

check ou the post I made above, should be helpful. yes, it is low mintage.

there is not a 1955 nickel with a "p" mintmark. i believe the no mint mark 1955 is Philadelphia, correct?

 

[BuffaloBoy]

correct, no "p" mintmark on the nickel, now nickels pre 1960(and some above, but to make it simple, pre 1960 I will use as an example:"

All nickels pre 1960 have a mintmark to the right of the monticello building, no mint mark means that it is from philadelphia(dates all the way back to earlier style nickels("V" nics and buffalo nics) as well. If there is a "D" next to the monticello, it is from denver, "S" is from San Francisco. Again, if there's no mint mark on pre 1960 nickels, it ia from philly. Hope this helps!

 

[brendan1414]

correct, no "p" mintmark on the nickel, now nickels pre 1960(and some above, but to make it simple, pre 1960 I will use as an example:"

All nickels pre 1960 have a mintmark to the right of the monticello building, no mint mark means that it is from philadelphia(dates all the way back to earlier style nickels("V" nics and buffalo nics) as well. If there is a "D" next to the monticello, it is from denver, "S" is from San Francisco. Again, if there's no mint mark on pre 1960 nickels, it ia from philly. Hope this helps!

i knew all of that, which brings me to the first point. WHY did the poster ask about a P mint marked nickel. he even said that he has found one with no mint mark... lol

 

[goldencoin]

Indeed, no P mint mark, but from the Philadelphia mint.

HH
-GC

 

[Immy]

I see nothing wrong with the way the OP worded his question. He never mentioned "mintmark" and he differentiated between P, D or S.

Your chances of finding one increase if you're on the east coast.

 

[SilverFace]

I can't remember for sure if I've ever found a '55p CRHing but I found another 2009P just yesterday from just 15 rolls I got and just last Fri. I scored my first 1938D. I tend to find quite a few 1939P's and a lot of 1940P & 1941P's because of the high mintage figures.

 

[SilverFace]

Oh and the 1938D I scored is a nice clear looking coin too with a lot of hairline showing - probably grades F-VF. And I scored a 1950 just last week but unfortunately no mint mark. But that coin only has a mintage of 9,847,386 - just a little more than the '55P. And I just found a 1972 canadian earlier today which is a small score but those are rare for me.

That's one of the things I like about nickels - there is more of a variety of ways to score. But nickels aren't for CRH's that just want to edge search for silver - althogh silver is my primary goal lso. But I've had good luck with the silver too so I'm going to keep at it.

HH

 

[Silvercrazy]

The 55P is tough. I have found app 15 but I have hunted a ton of boxes, by comparison I have found only 1 50D, that is a very tough one to find. Good Luck, nickels are my favorite to search. You most likely want get rich but they will always provide a little something. Thanks. Dennis.

 

[cdickrun64]

Brendan, quite being a goof.....i think we all understood what he meant by "P".....dont take things so literally....not everyone is as coin smart as "The Great Brendino".