Week # 50 - Let's get back on track...

[Danielle C.]

Excluding design changes and the "war nickels" of 1942-45, only one change has occurred in the physical properties of the copper-nickel five cent piece since its introduction in 1866. What was it?

 

 

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[BankNote1]

The only thing I can come up with is the size was changed from 20.5mm to 21.2mm, with the introduction of the Liberty Nickel in 1883.

[BOILER78]

the diameter was increased in 1883 with the introduction of the Liberty nickel from 20.5mm to 21.2mm

[keithdagen]

Diameter was increased in 1883 from 20.5mm to 21.2mm, starting with the Liberty nickel design.

[jeh46544]

Shield nickels had a diameter of 20.5 mm all others have a diameter of 21.2 mm

[PQSeated]

The act of May 16, 1866 made the weight 77-16/100 grains.

[EVillageProwler]

Transitioning from the Shield type to the Liberty Head type, the diameter was increased from 20.5 mm to 21.2 mm. It has remained 21.2 mm to this day.

 

EVP

 

[Hoot]

Besides Sunnywood having an extraordinary influence on the physical availability of shield nickels , the diameter was changed from 20.5 mm (shield nicks) to 21.2 mm in 1883 (Libs)

 

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[jtryka]

What an odd question, especially for us non-nickel experts. I can think of no changes that were not either a design change (as I classify it) or the composition change during World War II. The nickel today is still 5 grams, 75% copper, 25% nickel, just like it was in 1866. We've change the position and size of mintmarks, added mintmark for Philadelphia, added the word cents, subtracted rays, and flattened out a mound, but I would think all of those are design changes. I am stumped.

[Wolfy-migration]

The diameter size changed from the shield nickel (20.5mm) to every style after that (21.2mm)

[JamminJ]

The diameter was increased with the change from the Shield to the Liberty from 20.5 mm to 21.2 mm.

 

-JamminJ

[swhuck]

The piece was increased in diameter from 20.5 mm to 21.2 mm when the design changed from the Shield design to the Liberty Head design. The weight did not change.

 

Just try to put a Shield Nickel into a Whitman folder!

[DAM]

The diameter was changed from 20.5mm to 21.2mm in 1883.

[davefperry]

The diameter changed from 20.5 mm to 21.2 mm for the Liberty Head in 1883. And since the weight stayed at 5 grams it must have gotten thinner.

[RGT]

The diameterwas increased to 21.2 mm on the Liberty Head Nickel, up from the 20.5 mm on the Shield Nickel.

 

[marcusmahoney-migration]

zinc

[rgv]

The diameter changed from 20.5mm to 21.2 mm when the Librety 5 cent piece was introduced in 1883.

[Danielle C.]

The question: Excluding design changes and the "war nickels" of 1942-45, only one change has occurred in the physical properties of the copper-nickel five-cent piece since its introduction in 1866. What was it?

 

 

 

The answer is The coin's diameter was increased in 1883 from 20.5 mm to 21.2 mm.

 

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[DAM]

If I haven't said it before, I like Numisma-Quest. Thank you for providing this learning tool. It's informative and very educational. Plus it gives me a chance to use the resource books I have for something more then looking at pictures.

[PovertyRow]

The Sheild Nickel is 20.5 millimeters in diamter

 

The Liberty, Buffalo and Jefferson are 21.2 millimeters in diameter