1866 3 Cent Nickel... Raw - Coin Community Forum

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Connor Pillar of the Community United States 2130 Posts	Posted 05/11/2016 9:05 pm What do you think about this one? Picked it up cheap because I like the three die cracks on the reverse. I have never really liked these but this one spoke to me for $10. Report this Post to the Staff

dsfreeworld Pillar of the Community United States 4337 Posts	Posted 05/11/2016 10:01 pm I'll stab at it with a mid VF range guess maybe VF20 with a push to VF25 great buy for the money sweet die cracks like this one has always make for a more exciting coin to own Report this Post to the Staff
TypeCoin971793 Pillar of the Community United States 6370 Posts	Posted 05/12/2016 08:45 am VF-20 Report this Post to the Staff
Prethen Pillar of the Community United States 3234 Posts	Posted 05/12/2016 09:21 am VF Report this Post to the Staff
billjones Pillar of the Community United States 1499 Posts	Posted 05/12/2016 4:22 pm It looks like a Fine-15, but that's probably because of the broken reverse die. The employees at the mid 19th century Philadelphia Mint used to call nickel "The devil's copper" because the stuff chewed up dies like crazy. The nickel was worse than the Nickel Three Cent Piece in that regard. The employees were happy to see the copper-nickel "white cents" (1859 to 1864) go away only to see the Three Cent beginning in 1865 and then the five cent nickel in 1866. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 05/12/2016 4:32 pm Probably right. I'll go with VF-20. Report this Post to the Staff
999fine Pillar of the Community United States 1346 Posts	Posted 05/12/2016 5:06 pm billjones - that's interesting, I love posts like this. Report this Post to the Staff
Connor Pillar of the Community United States 2130 Posts	Posted 05/12/2016 5:34 pm Bill Jones...thanks for that history lesson. Good stuff! Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCollector2012 Pillar of the Community United States 8137 Posts	Posted 05/12/2016 6:52 pm VF-20 Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 05/12/2016 11:21 pm VF-20. Report this Post to the Staff
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