United States 1905 5 cents

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This is a common date of a type struck 1883-1913.

Specification: 5 g, copper-nickel, 21.2 mm diameter, plain edge.

Recorded mintage: 29,827,276 (fifth most common date).

Catalog reference: KM 112.

Sources:

• Alexander, David T., Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins, Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.
• Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
• Harper, David C., ed., North American Coins & Prices: A Guide to U. S., Canadian and Mexican Coins, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

Link to:

• 1904 20 dollars
• 1905 gold dollar "Lewis and Clark"
• 1905 2½ dollars
• 1905 10 dollars
• 1905-S 10 dollars
• Coins and currency dated 1905
• return to United States Liberty Head Nickels (1883-1913)