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Shield Nickels 1866-1883

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Union and Confederate guns fell silent in April 1865, but the civilian accumulation was slow to give up certain activity acquired during the four years of bloody civil war. No one in the North felt especially charitable toward the South, and few earnestly thoughtful rebuilding what business had existed there before the outbreak of hostilities in 1861.

Specie payments had been suspended by the government in 1862 and pact had not seen the return of grayness or gold coins to circulation. Citizens continued to hoard every forms of nowness that contained wanted metal, and even copper-nickel cents were set divagation for their limited intrinsic value.

During the war the federal government issued series after series of fractional currency. These \"shinplasters\" as they were known, apace soiled in circulation and were unloved by the public. When yet added five-cent issue of fractional nowness was introduced in 1865, it was enough to push Mint Director James Pollock to endorse a five-cent coin prefabricated of nickel.

Pollock had previously been an opponent of fiver coinage. He'd seen firsthand how arduous 12% fiver coins (the 1857-64 cents) were to strike and how the hard, brittle metal broke dies and scraped the Mint's machinery. He also knew how politically persuasive one Joseph Wharton was in the halls of Congress. Wharton owned the largest fiver mine in USA and had lobbied Congress for many years to use the metal in the nation's coinage.

But after the ordinal supply of five-cent down nowness was released to admonishing open opinion, Pollock was finally convinced that the nation's best interests would be served by striking a newborn five-cent strike in nickel, even if it meant adding to the already wide assortment of diminutive denomination coins then in use. These included the half cent, large cent, copper-nickel cent, two-cent piece, fiver three-cent piece, silver three-cent warning and silver half-dime. (Most of these coins were not circulating due to wartime hoarding). Pollock looked at the fiver five-cent warning as a temporary measure-a strike that would circulate and replace the universally unpopular down notes until such a time as the silver half-dime could convey to circulation.

As Chief Engraver it fell to James Longacre to organisation the newborn coin. Various patterns were executed, the most engrossing ones featuring profiles of Washington or Lincoln, but the supply of portraying actualised persons on coinage was far from resolved. In fact it was a particularly huffy subject; the five-cent down nowness the newborn coins would replace depicted the icon of Spencer M. Clark, then nous of the Currency Bureau, not the someone William adventurer as Congress had been led to believe.

Unable to use a portrait, Longacre merely restricted the motif he'd used a couple years earlier on the two-cent piece. Although the adoptive organisation does hit a certain geometric balance, it is artistically weak. Even fiver monopolist carpenter Wharton, the man who stood to make more money than anyone additional from the newborn coin, was disappointed. He described the strike as having \" . . . a tombstone surmounted by a interbreed overhung by activity willows.\"

The organisation was actually a armour with the interbreed of the Order of Calatrava at the top, flanked by a chaplet on both sides. The reverse, patch exclusive designed, was initially controversial. The central device shows a large symbol 5 and is enclosed by cardinal stars with cardinal sets of rays between the stars. At the time of issue, some believed Southern sympathizers had infiltrated the Mint and placed the Confederate \"Stars and Bars\" on the reverse.

The newborn coins seldom struck up well, and more dies were broken striking Shield nickels than all another denominations additional together. During the prototypal digit years of supply the rays were preserved on the reverse, but early in 1867 they were eliminated. as Mint officials believed this organisation surroundings prevented the coins from striking up completely.

As originally proposed, the fiver five-cent warning was to matter not more than 60 grains (or 3.88 grams expressed metrically) and be imperturbable of 75% copper and 25% nickel. The House Coinage Committee intended for the newborn coin's weight to be expressed in metric units but could not alter itself to publicly state so. The incoming metric weight would hit been four grams, but this organisation was mysteriously bypassed, and fivesome grams was the weight adopted. But rather than express the weight in this simple term, the enabling governing required the strike matter 77.16 grains, the arts equivalent of fivesome grams!

Shield nickels were struck exclusive at the metropolis Mint, and more than 126 million were produced from 1866 until the incoming organisation change in 1883. For such a short-lived series there are a surprising number of rarities. The digit key issues are from 1877 and 1878, when exclusive proofs were struck. Among business strikes, the years 1879-1881 are baritone currency dates and worth large premiums in all grades. There are digit overdates, the 1879/8-an overdated proof-and the 1883/2.

Proofs were struck every assemblage and include digit of the most essential 19th century rarities-the proof 1867 fiver with rays. Only 25 pieces are believed to hit been struck.

Counterfeits are plentiful direction the dates 1870-76, and they were widely circulated in the New York-New milker area during the 1870s. They are not deceptive, however, as the organisation differs slightly from veritable coins.

Striking details are often ill-defined on Shield nickels, and high grade coins that are weakly struck staleness be graded by the amount of mint splendour still remaining. The points to prototypal exhibit wear are the interbreed and leaves on the obverse and the symbol 5 on the reverse.

Shield nickels are composed by both date and type collectors. Although a relatively shortlived series, it's challenging to amass by date because of the scarce, baritone currency issues. Assembling sets of full struck coins by date, however, crapper be somewhat frustrating. Type collectors commonly acquire digit warning each of the Rays and No Rays design.

In 1883 the Shield fiver was dropped in favor of digit featuring Charles Barber's newborn Greco-Roman nous of Liberty. The Shield nickel, though, was the prototypal fiver five-cent piece, and patch the organisation has changed several times since 1866, the basic 5-gram \"nickel\" has remained a mainstay of our recent coinage system.

Singapore Coins

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Pakistani Coins

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Some Old Pakistani Coins

1912 Silver Rouble

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1912 silver rouble, XF+ with traces of lustre, very attractive coin!

1803 Kopecks Copper

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1803 5 kopecks copper. Scarcer type of Alexander I.

1750 Elizabeth Silver Rouble MMD

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1750 Elizabeth silver rouble MMD, F+/aVF condition with planchet damage to the right of the portrait.

1911 Penny Coin

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10 pennia 1911 XF, KM 14 even rich original chocolate color, rim nick obverse

1905 Penny Coin

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10 pennia 1905 XF, KM 14 even lustrous chocolate brown color, light 'bag' marks

1874 Penny Coin

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Penni 1874 XF KM 1.2 scarce year!

1732 Anna Silver Ruble

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1732 Anna silver ruble, an attractive F+/aVF

1728 Peter II Silver Ruble

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1728 Peter II silver ruble, obverse is Fine, the portriat is quite worn, the reverse is aVF

Great Copper Kopeck 1712 MD

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Yasin 7

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Look at photos carefully for details. Picture tells a thousand words

Yasin 9

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Look at photos carefully for details. Picture tells a thousand words

Rm1 (1959 ~ 1969)

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Siam Coins

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Siam Coin

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Look at the picture

1980 - 50sen Brunei Coins

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Brunei became a British Protectorate in 1888, but regained independence in 1984. The same family has ruled Brunei for six centuries, the current ruler is both Sultan and Head of Government, Sir Hassanal Bolkiah. The Ten Dollar coin shown was issued to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Brunei Currency Board.

Yasin 7

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Look at photos carefully for details. Picture tells a thousand words

One Cent

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When I was a kid all the pennies had wheat on the back. Some were made of steel. Lifesavers, gum and candybars were a nickel; and cigarettes were a quarter. Each make of car had more than one model, but they were all the same except for the trim! Did I say life was simpler back then? Well, maybe.

Mercury

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The rest of the coins in my pocket were a curious mix. There were two kinds of each. There were dimes with Roosevelt on them, like the present ones, but they were solid silver. There were also the older, Winged Victory dimes known as "Mercury" dimes.

Jefferson Nickels

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In addition to the Jefferson nickels we have now, there were nickels with an indian on one side and a buffalo on the other. A nice big candybar was still a nickel, but a bottle of Coke was already a dime. Funny how marketing works!

Standing Liberty (Quarter Coin)

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Yes, George Washington was on the quarter, but there were also the "Standing Liberty" type, with a different eagle on the back. These were pretty coins when they were new, but they were silver, and they wore out fast.

Miss Liberty

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The older half dollars were another beautiful classic coin. They also had a standing Liberty on them. This was the last U.S coin that featured "Miss Liberty" instead of the likeness of an actual person.

Benjamin Franklin, and the Liberty Bell

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But surprise! The newer half dollars didn't yet have Kennedy on them. They had Benjamin Franklin, and the Liberty Bell! The half dollar was used much more commonly than it is used today.

Silver dollars (Clad Coin)

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Silver dollars weren't widely circulated, but if you went to the bank and asked for some, you weren't surprised if some of the dates were in the 1800's! These disappeared in the mid '60's along with all of the other silver coins when the "clad" coins came out.

The Indian Head 1860 to 1909

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Back when my parents were kids, if they saw any coins at all, they looked like these. The Indian Head pennies were made from 1860 to 1909. Before that, there were Flying Eagle pennies.

Shield Nickels 1866 to 1883

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This was the "Shield Nickel", only in use from 1866 to 1883. Before that, there were silver half-dimes.

Liberty Nickels 1883 to 1912

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These were called "Liberty Nickels". They were in use from 1883 to 1912.

Liberty Seated Dime

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The early dimes, quarters and halfs are known as the "Liberty Seated" type. The "Liberty Seated Dime" was minted from 1837 to 1891.

IN GOD WE TRUST

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The newer type silver dollar was called the "Peace" type. These were not made in great numbers. By the 1920's the silver dollar was already becoming less popular due to the increasing use of paper money. Notice the Roman alphabet used in "IN GOD WE TRUST".

Liberty Seated Quarter and Half

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These dimes, quarters and halfs were designed by the same man, Charles E. Barber, and are known as "Barber type". These dimes were thin to begin with, and got VERY thin as they wore out. This dime was minted from 1892 to 1916.

Liberty Seated Quarter

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The Barber quarter was very similar to the dime. It was made from 1892 to 1916, preceeded by a "Liberty Seated Quarter", which looked like the dime, 1838 to 1891.

Nickel and NEITHER coin

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There was a time when you could get change for a nickel and NEITHER coin would be a penny! The copper two-cent piece was only minted from 1864 to 1873. I wonder what they called it besides "the two-cent piece"?

Nickel Three-cent Piece

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The other coin in your change for a nickel was a nickel three-cent piece! It was made from 1865 to 1889 and was smaller and thinner than a 5 cent nickel; just about the size of a dime. The confusion it caused must have hurried its demise. The mint makes this same mistake once every other generation or so.

Little U.S

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The most curious little U.S. coin was the little silver three-cent piece! (1851 to 1873) I can't imagine what possessed the people at the mint when they came up with THIS one. Remind me to read up on it and report back to you later!

Poland Coin

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You didn't expect my coin collection to be complete without some coins from Poland, did you? I know, this is supposed to be about OLD coins. In a country where inflation is as bad as it is in.

Penny Coin 1793 ~ 1857

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This is the size our "penny" was from when it was first minted in 1793 until 1857. We call it the "Large cent", although I don't imagine they called it that back then. Large, as opposed to what? Hmm, I wonder how the Romans dated their coins in the years "B.C."?

Aluminum Coin

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The coins above are older than the brass ones, and are made of aluminum. Groszy (GRO shy) means "peas". There were 100 groszy in a zloty. It was an impossibly small unit of money even when these coins were new! If you bought a book of matches with a zloty, you got some groszy as change. The larger 10 zlotych and 20 zlotych coins were made of a more durable alloy, like our nickels.

Front L.E.U

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It came from Communist Romania in 1966!

Back L.E.U

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Wouldn't you know I'd find a coin with a tractor on it?! It is a one leu piece, about the size of our quarter.

Back On Eagle

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You didn't expect my coin collection to be complete without some coins from Poland, did you? I know, this is supposed to be about OLD coins. In a country where inflation is as bad as it is in Poland, every generation or so they lop off a few zeros from the ends of all their denominations and start all over again. This renders all of the previous coins pretty much useless, so they get thrown away. The 1960's and 1970's are the oldest I could find. Aren't these eagles beautiful!
The monetary unit is the Zloty. There should be a line through the l to make it sound like a w. (see it on the last 3 aluminum coins?) The o is pronounced like our o in "for", the y like our y in "rhythm". So the word is "ZWO ty". It is the adjective form of the word "gold" (the first coins pictured are made of brass) So, one zloty is "one golden". The plurals get complicated: 2, 3, or 4 are zlote, "ZWO te". And 5 or more are zlotych, "ZWO tyck" (the ck is like the ch in "loch")

Front On Eagle

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Now! I want you to notice something. A lot has changed in the past twenty years. Sure, inflation has eroded the value of the old zloty, and now it has been revalued. But notice the crown is BACK on the eagle, just like it was in the old days. Look further! The very NAME of the country has changed. In the communist days it was "Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa" (Polish Republic of the People). Now, it's "Rzeczpospolita Polska" (Republic of Poland). The paper money used to have pictures of politicians on it; now it features the ancient line of KINGS!!
Dzieki Bogu!!!

Groszy Coin

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These are all mixed up, I'll sort them later. The smaller groszy coins, 1, 2, and 5, are brass. The 10, 20, and 50 groszy and the 1 zloty are nickel alloy. The 2 zlote and 5 zlotych are bi-metal. Abe is there to show you the relative size.

Penny Coin

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This is a handful of the present day coins from Poland. The U.S. penny is there for size comparison. These coins are worth much more than the old ones on the previous page. The groszy is now more like our penny than CHANGE for a penny!!

Zloty Coin

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The present rate of exchange is about 4.33 zlote for a dollar. There are 100 groszy in a zloty. The largest denomination of coin is 5 zlotych. Everything from 10 zlotych on up is paper money.

In the late 1970's the "de facto" exchange rate was 100 to 120 zlotych for a dollar. It got MUCH worse in the years that followed, until the present currency was adopted.