CE 1909 Liberty Head Nickel (‘V Nickel’)
United States Mint, 1901–1912 CE
Copper-nickel five-cent pieces designed by Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber. The obverse depicts Liberty wearing a coronet, while the reverse features a large Roman numeral V denoting the denomination. Widely circulated during the industrial expansion of the early twentieth century, Liberty nickels formed a central part of everyday American commerce before replacement by the Buffalo nickel in 1913.
