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The following are some of the rare dates for different U.S. nickels. The definition of "rare" for this list is a mintage of less than 5 million. An asterisk indicates those with a mintage of under 1 million.

Jefferson: 1938-S, 1939-D, 1950-D

Buffalo: 1913-D type 2, 1913-S type 1 and 2, 1914-D and S, 1915-S, 1917-S, 1918-S, 1921-S, 1924-S, 1926-S*, 1927-S, 1931-S

Liberty: 1885, 1886, 1912-S*

Shield: 1867 type 1, 1870, 1871*, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877 proof, 1878 proof 1879**, 1880**, 1881**, 1883

**Less than 100,000 were minted in 1879, '80, and '81; with only 16,000 in 1880.

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