1960 United States 5 Cent Value
Today a 1960 United States 5 Cent typically sells for its melt value to well into four figures, with condition doing most of the work. Where your coin lands depends on wear, strike and surface quality.
1960 United States 5 Cent value by grade
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Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.
What is a 1960 United States 5 Cent worth right now?
The market for the 1960 United States 5 Cent is driven by condition above all.
1960 United States 5 Cent specifications
- Series
- United States Coinage
- Year
- 1960
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Cupronickel
Why there is no letter on this coin
The 1960 United States 5 Cent was struck at the Philadelphia Mint, which used no mint mark in this era. If you find no letter where branch-mint coins carry one (check the usual position for this series), you are holding a Philadelphia issue.
Why the 1960 United States 5 Cent is worth money
Documented examples of the 1960 United States 5 Cent in our reference database anchor what we know about this issue. Mintage records are incomplete, so collector demand and surviving population drive its market.
Context adds the final layer to the 1960 United States 5 Cent. Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Owning this date means owning a piece of that story, and demand for the series as a whole sustains liquidity for every issue in it.
1960 United States 5 Cent inscriptions & design
Obverse
IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY ★ (date)
Jefferson bust left
Reverse
E PLURIBUS UNUM / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / MONTICELLO / FIVE CENTS
Monticello building
Measured 1960 United States 5 Cent specimens
5 physically measured 1960 United States 5 Cent examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
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| 1960 United States 5 Cent #1 | - | - | - | - |
| 1960 United States 5 Cent #2 | - | - | - | - |
| 1960 United States 5 Cent #3 | - | - | - | - |
| 1960 United States 5 Cent #4 | - | - | - | - |
| 1960 United States 5 Cent #5 | - | - | - | - |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.