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Jun 08 2007

The Nickel Coin

Before the nickel was introduced, small silver coins called half-dimes were used as five-cent pieces.  After America was first discovered by Europeans, silver was plentiful so many American coins were made of silver, until the American Civil War when silver became scarce.  From this point on (and to this day) five-cent pieces were made with [...]

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