1911 Liberty Head Nickel

Liberty Head nickels of 1883-1912 bear a classic portrait of Liberty, which the coin's designer Charles E. Barber based on a Greco-Roman marble sculpture. Liberty is depicted wearing a coronet, and is surrounded by 13 stars representing the original colonies. The reverse features a large Roman numeral V (five) encircled with an agricultural wreath of wheat, corn and cotton. The historic 1911 Liberty Head nickel was struck at the Philadelphia Mint over 95 years ago.