FREE: ***** POST CIVIL WAR - 1866 SHIELD NICKEL ***** "148 YEARS OLD"
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The listing, ***** POST CIVIL WAR - 1866 SHIELD NICKEL ***** "148 YEARS OLD" has ended.
Up for auction is this 1866 Shield Nickel. Made of the same material as the nickel Three Cent Piece and with an obverse design similar to that of the Two Cent Coin. In 1866 the coin was designed with Rays between the stars on the reverse. Early 1867 Nickels were designed the same way, but later that year the rays were eliminated. Motto mostly legible, but not all. Reverse has good details. Good Historical Piece. 148 Years Old. Free Shipping!!!
Questions & Comments
Ooo with the rays.. I don't have one with the rays
**To yraelfishmonger** Bit more rare, because were only struck in 1866 and some in 1867. The mint had a lot of problems when first striking these coins. Thanks for looking and Good Luck if bidding!
In 1864, Congress had authorized a third series of fractional currency notes. The five-cent note was to bear a portrait of "Clark", but Congress was appalled when the issue came out not bearing a portrait of William Clark, the explorer, but Spencer M. Clark, head of the Currency Bureau. According to numismatic historian Walter Breen, Congress's "immediate infuriated response was to pass a law retiring the 5ยข denomination, and another to forbid portrayal of any living person on federal coins or currency." Clark only kept his job because of the personal intervention of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase.