1866 3 CENT NICKEL KEY DATE SCARCE CORONET HEAD FACING LEFT RARE US 3C COIN#3133

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1866 3 CENT NICKEL KEY DATE SCARCE CORONET HEAD FACING LEFT RARE US 3C COIN#3133:
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About Three-cent nickel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The copper-nickel three-cent piece, often called a three-cent nickel piece or three-cent nickel, was designed by US Mint Chief Engraver James B. Longacre and struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1865 to 1889. It was initially popular, but its place in commerce was supplanted by the five-cent piece, or nickel.With precious metal federal coinage hoarded during the economic turmoil of the American Civil War, including the silver three-cent piece, and even the copper-nickel cent commanding a premium, Congress issued paper money in denominations as small as three cents to replace the hoarded coins in commerce. These small slips of paper became ragged and dirty, and the public came to hate \"shinplasters\". After the issuance in 1864 of a lighter bronze cent and a two-cent piece of that metal, both of which circulated freely, there were proposals for a three-cent piece in copper-nickel to replace the three-cent note. The advocates were led by Pennsylvania industrialist Joseph Wharton, who then controlled the domestic supply of nickel ore. On the last legislative day of the congressional session, March 3, 1865, a bill for a three-cent piece in copper-nickel alloy was introduced in Congress, passed both houses without debate, and was signed by President Abraham Lincoln.The three-cent nickel piece initially circulated well, but became less popular when the five-cent nickel was introduced in 1866, a larger, more convenient coin, with a value of five cents better fitting the decimal system. After 1870, most years saw low annual mintages for the three-cent nickel, and in 1890 Congress abolished it. The last were struck in 1889; many were melted down to coin more five-cent pieces. The issue is not widely collected, and prices for rare dates remain low by the standards of American collectible coinage.United States
Value 3 cents (0.03 US dollars)
Mass 1.94 g[1]
Diameter 17.9 mm[1]
Edge plain[1]
Composition 75% copper
25% nickelYears of minting 1865–1889[1]
Mint marks None, all struck at Philadelphia Mint without mint mark[1]
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