1912 FIVE CENTS

The Weekly Vintage Coin

Circulation strikes: 26,234,569
Proofs: 2,145
Designer: Charles E. Barber
Diameter: ±21.20 millimeters
Metal content:
Copper - 75%
Nickel - 25%
Weight: ±5 grams
Edge: Plain
Mintmark: None
Value: $2.00 (G-4) up to $250.00 (PF-63)

The last year for circulating Barber Liberty Head Five Cents, and with only 5 known Barber proofs from 1913 it's probably the latest Liberty Head Five Cent most of us will ever see. 1912 was also the only year that saw Liberty Head Five Cents struck at the Denver and San Francisco Mints.