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1866 ¢3 Three-Cent Nickel

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1866 ¢3 Three-Cent Nickel

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Auction Date:2017 Oct 12 @ 19:00 (UTC-7 : PDT/MST)
Location:2320 W Peoria Ave Suite B142, Phoenix, Arizona, 85029, United States
Type: Nickel Three-Cent Pieces (1865 - 1889)

Variety: Nickel Three-Cent Pieces (1865 - 1889)

Year: 1866

Designer: James B. Longacre

Weight: 1.940 grams

Diameter: 17.9 mm

Composition: 0.7500 copper, 0.2500 nickel

Edge: plain

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The three-cent 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 at the Philadelphia Mint. Issued during the economic turmoil of the American Civil War as a response to hoarding of precious metal coins including its predecessor the silver three-cent piece.