2022-D Return to Monticello Nickel
Circulation strike struck at the Denver Mint · 777,600,000 made
- Mintage
- 777,600,000
- Metal
- 75% copper, 25% nickel
- Weight
- 5 g
- Diameter
- 21.21 mm
Original illustration. Tap to flip. Not a photograph of the actual coin.
Face value · Metal value · Small premium · Collector premium · Significant rarity. We use bands because prices change daily.
What is a 2022-D Return to Monticello Nickel worth?
A worn 2022-D is a spender: face value. A bright uncirculated one, or one with a known error, is worth setting aside.
What would make yours worth more:
- Uncirculated condition with full original luster
- A die variety or minting error
For market prices, check recent sold results for certified coins in the same grade.
Quick answers
- Is the 2022-D Return to Monticello Nickel rare?
- No. 778 million were made, a typical run for the series. Condition and varieties decide its value, not the date.
- Is the 2022-D Return to Monticello Nickel silver?
- No. It's 75% copper, 25% nickel. The only silver nickels are the 1942 to 1945 wartime coins with a large mint mark above Monticello.
- Where is the mint mark on a 2022 Return to Monticello Nickel?
- On the obverse, below the date (P, D or S). On this coin the mark is D, for Denver.
- Which Denver dates near 2022 are scarcer?
- The 2024-D at 32,880,000, the 2025-D at 322,320,000, the 2019-D at 527,040,000, plus 3 more. So the 2022-D is one of the easier dates of its stretch.
- How many 2022-D Return to Monticello Nickel coins were made?
- 777,600,000.
What to check on your 2022-D
- Make sure the mint mark really is a D. A worn or filled mark can be misread. It's what separates your coin from the 2022-P (770 million made).
- Proof or circulation strike? A proof has mirror-like fields and frosted design details and was sold to collectors, not released in change. The 2022-S Return to Monticello Nickel Proof (400,002 made) is the one to compare with.
- Judge the grade under good light. Check the steps of Monticello and Jefferson's cheek. Fully struck coins with five or six steps sell for premiums in high grades.
With 778 million made, the 2022-D still turns up in everyday change. Keep yours only if it looks uncirculated or shows a variety; otherwise it's worth face value.
The story of the 2022-D
At 777,600,000, the 2022 run at Denver was close to the 2021 figure. The next year it made 735 million (2023-D).
2022-P came to 770 million, so neither mint's 2022 coin is much scarcer than the other.
Denver struck the Return to Monticello Nickel in 20 issues between 2006 and 2025. By mintage this one lands in the more common half, while the key for that mint is the 2024-D (32,880,000). Within the 2020s it's 9th smallest of 12, between the 2021-P (773 million) and the 2020-P (786 million).
Sharp swings in output (2021 to 2025)
Production stayed near 770 to 800 million at each mint in 2021 and 2022, then eased in 2023. In 2024 output dropped sharply to 79.9 million at Philadelphia and 32.9 million at Denver, with Denver even lower than its 2009 recession figure. The Denver total is the smallest for that mint in the Return to Monticello series by a wide margin.
In 2025 the Mint ended cent production. Nickel output rose again to 443.8 million at Philadelphia and 322.3 million at Denver. The cost to make a nickel remained well above five cents through these years. Proofs from San Francisco continued, with mintages falling to around 300,000 by 2025. Circulating coins are common, but the low mintage 2024 issues are worth setting aside when found.
Elsewhere in US coinage in 2022
The American Women quarters program began, alongside a new obverse portrait of Washington by Laura Gardin Fraser.
How to recognize it
Jamie Franki's obverse shows Jefferson facing forward, with LIBERTY in his handwriting and the date and mint mark below. The reverse returns to the front view of Monticello with MONTICELLO and FIVE CENTS beneath and E PLURIBUS UNUM above.
Mintage chart
Specifications
| Series | Return to Monticello Nickel (2006–present) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2022 |
| Mint | Denver Mint |
| Mint mark | "D" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 777,600,000 |
| Face value | 5¢ |
| Composition | 75% copper, 25% nickel |
| Weight | 5 grams |
| Diameter | 21.21 mm |
| Edge | Plain |
| Designer | Jamie Franki (obverse); Felix Schlag (reverse, re-engraved) |
Other 2022 Return to Monticello Nickel issues
| Coin | Mintage | Type | Silver |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-P Return to Monticello Nickel | 769,920,000 | Circulation strike | – |
| 2022-D Return to Monticello Nickel | 777,600,000 | Circulation strike | – |
| 2022-S Return to Monticello Nickel Proof | 400,002 | Proof | – |
Mintage: United States nickel mintage figures (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from US Mint records and the Guide Book of United States Coins. How we build these pages.