Post your 5 cent pieces. 2 2

[Lem E]

Only 2 simple rules for this thread.

1. Must have a face value of 5 cents.

OR

2. Made from nickel alloy.

We have a silver thread and a copper thread. I thought it was about time to give nickel some love. Post what ya got. Foreign or domestic, old or new, half dimes, 3 cent nickels, Buffs, Jeffs, Libs, etc.

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[DWLange]

Ohhh---Numistamps! I have a complete set of those in the custom album. It was an affordable way to collect USA type coins at the time.

[Henri Charriere]

Numistamps?  Never heard of them. I think it's time I picked up a book.   

[bsshog40]

On 9/15/2022 at 9:00 PM, DWLange said:

Ohhh---Numistamps! I have a complete set of those in the custom album. It was an affordable way to collect USA type coins at the time.

Ya, I collect jeffs and wound up getting these cheap on ebay a few yrs back. Had intentions of getting others but never got there. 

Hey David, have you ever figured out what type of metal these were made of?

Edited September 16, 2022 by bsshog40

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[DWLange]

I don't know their compositions, but the manufacturer did a great job of simulating the colors of gold, silver and copper.

[zadok]

On 9/16/2022 at 3:38 PM, DWLange said:

I don't know their compositions, but the manufacturer did a great job of simulating the colors of gold, silver and copper.

...original advertisement listed nickel, silver n other metals...specifically stated the gold coins would be made with a gold finish...other subsequent articles referenced copper, bronze n brass....

[DWLange]

Time to melt them all!

[Lem E]

Great looking stuff everyone! Keep em coming. 

[Sandon]

    After all that "great looking stuff", how about something that's truly awful looking but nevertheless interesting?  This is an 1801 half dime that I purchased at a local coin auction in 1999.  It is the only Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle half dime that I've acquired in over fifty years of collecting.  Half dimes are in my experience the hardest denomination of this design type to obtain.  Although it is battered and abused, it is one of those coins that I wish could speak so that I could hear the stories it could tell, perhaps including being stepped on by a horse!  I submitted it to NGC earlier this year in the hope of using it to fill some type set registry slots, but NGC concluded that it had an "altered surface" and would not grade or encapsulate it.  At least I am able to share its photo here.

[Lem E]

On 9/16/2022 at 5:25 PM, Sandon said:

    After all that "great looking stuff", how about something that's truly awful looking but nevertheless interesting?  This is an 1801 half dime that I purchased at a local coin auction in 1999.  It is the only Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle half dime that I've acquired in over fifty years of collecting.  Half dimes are in my experience the hardest denomination of this design type to obtain.  Although it is battered and abused, it is one of those coins that I wish could speak so that I could hear the stories it could tell, perhaps including being stepped on by a horse!  I submitted it to NGC earlier this year in the hope of using it to fill some type set registry slots, but NGC concluded that it had an "altered surface" and would not grade or encapsulate it.  At least I am able to share its photo here.

I would say my surfaces will be altered too at the age of 221. Great piece. I like anything with that reverse. Thanks for posting it.

[zadok]

...i bet if one year younger would have been encapsulated...i like the coin myself, agree bout the reverse as well....

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@Buffalo Head  I am still learning this series... Is the 1925 generally found weakly struck on the reverse?

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