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1917 FIVE CENTS

PCGS No: 3934

Mintage:

Circulation strikes: 51,424,019
Proofs: ??

Designer: James Earle Fraser

Diameter: 21.2 millimeters

Metal content:
Copper - 75%
Nickel - 25%

Weight: 5 grams

Edge: Plain

Mintmark: None (for Philadelphia) on the reverse below FIVE CENTS

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Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-68.  The finest Uncirculated example graded by NGC is a single MS-68.

No Proof examples of this date have been certified by either PCGS or NGC.

Sources and/or recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The Professional Coin Grading Service

"The NGC Census Report, April 2003" by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation

 
 

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