Three-Cent Nickels

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The year 1889 represented the final year of production for the Three-Cent Nickel. The end for this odd denomination had been...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Three-Cent Nickel is an under-appreciated 19th-century United States coin typically relegated to type sets due to its odd denomination, diminutive...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ....   The United States Mint in Philadelphia struck 4,801,000 Three-Cent Nickel coins in 1866, a steep...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   For the third year in a row, the Philadelphia Mint struck more Proof Three-Cent Nickels in 1885 than circulation strikes. After...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ....   According to the Red Book, the United States Mint in Philadelphia struck at least 725+...

The Sunday, July 14 Auction from DLRC (David Lawrence Rare Coins) is live and features over 500 lots - including more than 200 No...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Three-Cent Nickel was an unusual coin denomination with an unusual history. It was first proposed in 1851 as a medium...

United States Proof Coins Volume II: Nickel, the second in a series of four important reference books on U.S. Proof coins authored by acclaimed...

By Max Spiegel for NGC ......   Three Cent nickels were struck in 75% copper and 25% nickel with a silver-gray color, but the coin submitted...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for PCGS ...... Prelude to War On January 12, 1848, a 39-year-old Whig congressman from Illinois named Abraham Lincoln took...

Nickel and US Coinage by Lianna Spurrier for CoinWeek ..... Unlike copper, silver, and gold, nickel is a fairly new addition to coinage around the...

Analysis regarding scarce coins, markets, and coin collecting #351 A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds ..... This is the third in a series on collecting U.S....

News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community, #281 A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds ....   Three Cent Nickels were...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ..... How many times has the United States employed Roman numerals on its coinage? The silver three-cent piece debuted...

News and Analysis of scarce coins, markets, and coin collecting #53   A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds ...... More than 20 years ago, there was...