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Before the U.S. Mint began striking nickels in 1866, it produced five-cent coins in silver known as half dimes from 1792 to 1873. Now, some of those nickels are worth big bucks, ...
While most of the coinage one encounters in everyday life is worth only face value — and some its value in silver, as is the case for silver war nickels minted between 1942 and 1945, according ...
The nickel has a long history in U.S. money, though it wasn't the country's first 5-cent coin. That honor goes to a "half-dime" that first appeared in 1794. Early 5-cent pieces weren't made of ...
Few nickels had circulated in the western states before the 1880s (people there preferred silver and gold coins); interest in the new Liberty Head design had led to increasing use of nickels there. Good economic conditions and high demand for nickels for use in coin-operated devices caused the piece to circulate throughout the nation by 1900.
SD, SL BB-63 Silver Dollar United States William Jacob Collection Heritage Auctions: April 2013 $1,170,000 1792 10c SP-64 United States Garrett-Simpson Heritage Auctions January 2022 $1,150,000 1794 C-7 H1C United States Fred Weinberg Goldberg January 2014 $1,150,000 1792 Silver Center J-1 Pattern United States Morris Specimen
1913 Liberty Head Nickel (from the National Numismatic Collection). The 1913 Liberty Head nickel is an American five-cent piece which was produced in extremely limited quantities unauthorized by the United States Mint , making it one of the best-known and most coveted rarities in American numismatics .
1950s Circulated Silver Dimes, Quarters and Half Dollars — Worth over $10 for half dollars, over $5 for quarters and over $2 for dimes, based on the silver content
Key dates for the series include the 1939-D, and 1950-D nickels. The 1939-D nickel with a mintage of 3,514,000 coins is the second lowest behind the 1950-D nickel. The cause of the key date of 1939 stems from the new design that excited collectors the year prior, after the initial hype had settled down fewer nickels were saved.