Five Cents
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Twenty and Twenty Five Cents
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SHIELD FIVE CENTS (1866-1883)
Images courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles
Sub-Type One - RAYS ON REVERSE (1866-1867)
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1866-83 FIVE CENTS
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CN-1 KENETA (five cents) 1881 - nickel
[edit] 1883 Kalākaua I issues
CPC-1 HAPAWALU (eigth dollar) 1883 - copper trial
CPC-2 HAPAHA (quarter dollar) 1883 - copper trial
CPC-3 HAPALUA (half dollar) 1883 - copper trial ...
1913-38 Nickel Five Cents Buffalo
See Also: Indian Head Buffalo Nickel Facts
TRULY UNSEARCHED VERY TIGHT BANK WRAPPED BUFFALO NICK'S
1931-S BUFFALO NICKEL FIVE CENTS LOW MINTAGE COIN ...
1883-1913 NICKEL FIVE CENTS LIBERTY HEAD
... five-cent piece in US history; up to then, the half ... other extreme, not one V nickel
topped the 40-million ... In 1913, the Liberty Head design gave way to ...
Sometimes, he was given change for a five-dollar gold piece since the V on the reverse could be interpreted as either five cents or five dollars! ...
Buffalo Nickels - on the reverse side under the words "five cents".
Jefferson Nickels - on the reverse side at the right of the building from 1938 to 1981, except when the composition was changed to include silver.
Soon after the Indian Head nickel went into circulation, it became apparent that the reverse design was problematic; the "FIVE CENTS" inscription, which was on a raised mound at the bottom of the reverse, was one of the highest spots on the coin, ...
The usual reverse design of the ten-cents was replaced in 1937 by a ship, that of the twenty-five cents by a caribou head and the fifty cents by the royal coat of arms.
Five cents. White paper, black imprint. December 1, 1862. Serial Number: 541, in red ink. Vignette of young woman I Harris & Chapman. 25¢. Same date, paper, and imprint as previous. Serial Number: 519, in red ink. Dog vignette.
One coin collectors' magazine predicted that the slightest wear would obliterate the date and the inscription Five Cents "beyond understanding.
The mintmark can be found on the reverse under the words FIVE CENTS. The Buffalo nickel was quite popular, and like earlier nickels, circulated extensively. Many pieces seen today have the dates worn smooth.
In that year, it passed the postal rate bill reducing the cost of mailing a letter from five cents to three cents.
Five cents - Thomas Jefferson (1938 to present)
Ten cents - Franklin Roosevelt (1946 to present)
Quarter - George Washington (1932 to present)
Half dollar - John Kennedy (1964 to present)
Dollar - Sacagawea (2000 to present) ...
This is the famous "racketeer" five cents coins that only had a "V" on the reverse without the "cents" and were gold plated by dishonest people and passed for five dollars.
"Good Fors": Sometimes tokens have a face value, good only in exchange, such as one cent, five cents, ten cents, or are denominated some other way such as "GOOD FOR ONE DRINK," "GOOD FOR ONE FARE," or, in the case of a token issued by Si Rowe, ...
When the postage rate was reduced from five cents to three cents in the early 1850's, simultaneously the mint initiated coinage of the tiny silver three-cent piece as a public convenience.
Barber died in 1917 in his 77th year, having seen his five cents piece replaced by James Earle Fraser's Indian Head coin in 1913 and his silver designs replaced by Adolph A.
It's the first large-denomination (twenty-five cents and over) U.S. silver coin NOT to employ an eagle as its main reverse design! In fact, it was not until AFTER this coin was designed, that the tiny eagle next to the Liberty Bell was added.
Even coins without dates are valued over five cents. Today, collectors are closely examining their coins looking for dual punched mint marks and over dates. Finding these coins very rare and worth much more than their common counterparts.
Wartime nickel: the U.S. Five Cents pieces struck from 1942 to 1945 in which silver and manganese was substituted for Nickel.
Washington Quarter Dollar: the U.S. Quarter Dollars struck from 1932 until today.
A U.S. coin with a face value of five cents issued with dates between 1794 and 1873; originally called a half disme.
half eagle
A U.S. gold coin with a face value of $5, first minted in 1795 and last minted in 1929.
Buffalo Nickel: Below "FIVE CENTS" on the reverse. The 'F' below the date (at least when the date is visible) is the initial of the designer, James Earle Fraser.
Face Value: The denomination of a coin. Example: one cent, five cents, etc.
Grading: A process used to determine a coin's condition. A numerical and adjective scale is used for this process.
Half Dime - A U.S. silver coin minted from 1794 through 1873 (five cents).
Half Eagle - A U.S. $5 gold coin minted from 1795 through 1929.
Face Value - Exchange value defined by some inscription on a coin. For example, the "face value" of a Standing Liberty Quarter is twenty-five cents. Could also refer to the nominal value based on a weight standard.
Fair - The grade FR-2.
In the 1860s, powerful nickel interests successfully lobbied for the creation of new coins, which would be made of a copper-nickel alloy; production of such coins began in 1865 and were struck in two denominations - three cents and five cents (the ...
As of this writing they are worth more than five cents due to their silver content. These "silver war nickels", as some call them, will have a large mint mark above the memorial building on the reverse (back). white cents - see "copper nickel.
denominations issued for regular circulation during the U.S. Mint's first year of operation, 1793. In the early 1800s the half cent had surprising buying power. You could buy a beer or a cold supper for ten cents and a night's lodging for five cents.
 See also: Five Cent, Coin, Mint, Nickel, Silver
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