Jefferson Nickel
1938 to present
1942 to 1945 35% silver

	In 1938 the Jefferson Nickel was introduced. The design, with a profile of Jefferson on the obverse and his home at Monticello on the reverse, was the result of a public competition won by Felix Schlag and has never been modified except for such trivial details as mint marks and initials. The composition of the coin, however, changed during the second world war due to a shortage of nickel which was used for the manufacture of war materials. Since the nickel was replaced with silver, the issues produced during the latter half of 1942 and during 1943 - 1945 are worth substantially more than their contemporaries, although none of the coins is rare enough to be especially valuable even in proof condition except for a 1946 example that was mis-struck with a horizontal ‘D’ mint mark. I currently have a complete set of Jefferson nickels through 1995, the last date in that Whitman folder .
This coin is a 1960 proof, taken from a proof set.		the reverse of the coin at left.
I have a 1938 uncirculated Jefferson nickel worth $4 and the 1945 part silver one above worth about $5.		This is the reverse of the coin.