The 1943-D Jefferson Silver War Nickel had a mintage of just 15,294,000. The composition of these coins is 35% silver, 56% copper and 9% manganese. The diameter is 21.2mm. Each coin contains 0.0563 troy ounces of silver. These coins were minted at the Denver Mint and are in graded as MS65 condition coins by either ANACS, NGC or PCGS, whichever we have available.