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1912-D Liberty Head nickel value guide -- Denver's only nickel of this design, and grade-by-grade prices.
Condition drives the price — full breakdown below.
8,474,000 struck — against the other key dates in the Liberty Head Nickel series.
Bars are scaled to keep the smallest mintages visible; the exact figure is printed on every row. Mintage is coins struck, not coins surviving — melting and circulation wear thin those numbers further.
1912 was the only year the Denver mint ever struck the Liberty Head Nickel denomination -- and it was the first Denver-mint nickel of any design.
Denver produced roughly one-third of Philadelphia's 1912 output, but far more than San Francisco's 238,000.
Other dates and varieties in this series
What to check before you pay, specific to this date and its 8,474,000-coin mintage.
The same date runs from about $4 worn to $498 at the top of the scale — a 138× spread. Nearly all of that gap is condition, not the date on the coin, so work out where an example sits on the table above before deciding whether its asking price is fair.
Every figure on this page depends on that D. The same year from another mint is a far more common coin, which is exactly why added and altered mint marks are the usual way this date gets faked. Ask for a close-up of the mark itself — a listing title claiming it is not evidence.
Grading fees would eat much of what this coin is worth, so raw examples are normal here and nothing to be wary of. Judge it on clear photos of both sides and the seller's track record instead.
Every Liberty Head Nickel listed here is priced by an individual seller, so the same coin in the same grade can differ by a wide margin on any given day. Sort by price, check Metal Points and order history for a sense of the seller's record, and message them if the photos don't show enough to grade confidently.
About the 1912-D Liberty Head Nickel
Value depends heavily on condition. A well-worn example brings closer to $4, while an uncirculated one can reach $498 or more.
1912 was the only year the Denver mint ever struck the Liberty Head Nickel denomination -- and it was the first Denver-mint nickel of any design.
For anything you believe is a key date or an error, professional grading protects both buyer and seller by settling condition and authenticity before money changes hands.
The rest of the series, with what each is worth at the top of the grade scale.
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