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  • +60.77
    $4,197.19
    $4,221.01
  • +1.01
    $50.89
    $52.95
  • +30.90
    $1,664.40
    $1,683.26
  • +38.40
    $1,556.74
    $1,606.45
  • Rhodium
    $7,000.00
    $7,400.00
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Three Cent Nickels VG-Fine

Product
Inventory
Wire/Check
Bitcoin
CC/PayPal
Quantity
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1865 VG-F
InventoryAvailable
Wire/Check$17.50
Bitcoin$17.68
CC/PayPal$18.20
Early Type 3 Cent Nickel 1865-1889 G-VG
InventoryAvailable
Wire/Check$15.95
Bitcoin$16.11
CC/PayPal$16.59
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1866 VG-F
InventoryAvailable
Wire/Check$16.50
Bitcoin$16.67
CC/PayPal$17.16
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1867 VG-F
InventoryAvailable
Wire/Check$22.50
Bitcoin$22.73
CC/PayPal$23.40
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1868 VG-F
InventoryAvailable
Wire/Check$16.50
Bitcoin$16.67
CC/PayPal$17.16
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1869 VG-F
Inventory10 avail.
Wire/Check$16.50
Bitcoin$16.67
CC/PayPal$17.16
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1870 VG-F
Inventory9 avail.
Wire/Check$19.50
Bitcoin$19.70
CC/PayPal$20.28
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1871 VG-F
Inventory6 avail.
Wire/Check$19.50
Bitcoin$19.70
CC/PayPal$20.28
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1872 VG-F
Inventory13 avail.
Wire/Check$19.50
Bitcoin$19.70
CC/PayPal$20.28
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1873 Closed 3 VG-F
Inventory24 avail.
Wire/Check$27.50
Bitcoin$27.78
CC/PayPal$28.60
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1873 Open 3 VG-F
Inventory27 avail.
Wire/Check$29.50
Bitcoin$29.80
CC/PayPal$30.68
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1876 VG-F
Inventory1 avail.
Wire/Check$45.00
Bitcoin$45.45
CC/PayPal$46.80
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1874 VG-F
Inventory7 avail.
Wire/Check$22.50
Bitcoin$22.73
CC/PayPal$23.40
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1881 VG-F
Inventory19 avail.
Wire/Check$23.50
Bitcoin$23.74
CC/PayPal$24.44
Product
Inventory
Wire/Check
Bitcoin
CC/PayPal
Quantity
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1865 VG-F
InventoryAvailable
Wire/Check$17.50
Bitcoin$17.68
CC/PayPal$18.20
Early Type 3 Cent Nickel 1865-1889 G-VG
InventoryAvailable
Wire/Check$15.95
Bitcoin$16.11
CC/PayPal$16.59
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1866 VG-F
InventoryAvailable
Wire/Check$16.50
Bitcoin$16.67
CC/PayPal$17.16
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1867 VG-F
InventoryAvailable
Wire/Check$22.50
Bitcoin$22.73
CC/PayPal$23.40
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1868 VG-F
InventoryAvailable
Wire/Check$16.50
Bitcoin$16.67
CC/PayPal$17.16
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1869 VG-F
Inventory10 avail.
Wire/Check$16.50
Bitcoin$16.67
CC/PayPal$17.16
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1870 VG-F
Inventory9 avail.
Wire/Check$19.50
Bitcoin$19.70
CC/PayPal$20.28
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1871 VG-F
Inventory6 avail.
Wire/Check$19.50
Bitcoin$19.70
CC/PayPal$20.28
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1872 VG-F
Inventory13 avail.
Wire/Check$19.50
Bitcoin$19.70
CC/PayPal$20.28
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1873 Closed 3 VG-F
Inventory24 avail.
Wire/Check$27.50
Bitcoin$27.78
CC/PayPal$28.60
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1873 Open 3 VG-F
Inventory27 avail.
Wire/Check$29.50
Bitcoin$29.80
CC/PayPal$30.68
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1876 VG-F
Inventory1 avail.
Wire/Check$45.00
Bitcoin$45.45
CC/PayPal$46.80
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1874 VG-F
Inventory7 avail.
Wire/Check$22.50
Bitcoin$22.73
CC/PayPal$23.40
Three Cent 3c Nickel 1881 VG-F
Inventory19 avail.
Wire/Check$23.50
Bitcoin$23.74
CC/PayPal$24.44
Three Cent Nickels VG-Fine
Market summary
Meta/Chg
Bid
Ask
Gold+60.77
$4,197.19
$4,221.01
Silver+1.01
$50.89
$52.95
Platinum+30.90
$1,664.40
$1,683.26
Palladium+38.40
$1,556.74
$1,606.45
Rhodium
$7,000.00
$7,400.00
Three Cent Nickels VG-Fine
Civil War era silver shortages led to widespread hoarding of all silver coins, and most one and five cent coins as well. Various alternatives were tried, including encapsulated postage and privately issued coinage. The Treasury eventually settled on issuing fractional currency. These small denomination (3 to 50 cent) notes were never popular, as they were easy to lose and unwieldy in large amounts. The answer to this issue was reached in 1865 with the introduction of the three cent nickel coin. This coin was composed of copper and nickel and was larger than the silver coin of the same denomination. The coin featured a Liberty head obverse and another Roman numeral 'III' reverse. The three cent nickel was never intended as a permanent issue, only as stopgap measure until the wartime hoarding ceased. However, production of the coin continued until 1889. Another factor may have been that in 1883 the letter postage rate dropped to 2 cents, thus removing the justification for this coin.
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