Just getting into looking and finding errors that i missed

Correct the same medal as a shield nickel,however... compare size and thickness.
The nickel 3 cent piece is thin but again not a softer silver alloy.
So stinking a coin in a soft medal as silver where the medal flows easy when struck...to a rock hard medal that is unforgiving when struck.
That does not flow easy when struck .
That's why 3 cent nickel and shield nickels have so many strike issues.

Now here's a question for you to research.... why did the mint switch from a silver 3 cent piece and a silver half dime to ...nickel / copper alloy?
This is very interesting part of U.S.history as well in nusmistic history.
I compare it to some of the same reasons that occured in 1964 /1965 when once again U.S. coinage had a major change as far as materials used to produce coins.
Understanding such gives the collector the knowlege of the who ,what and why's the changes occured.
The reasons in history that changed a series is very important to understand why some series go on for decades and others in less than....

Again I challenge you to research and learn only to sharpen your knowlege to hold your own against others who may challenge you.

 

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By the time you're half my age... I suspect you'll be a walking encyclopedia on coins ,and medal detection.
You have the drive and ability to do just that....

 

Because of the precious metal federal coinage hoarded during the economic turmoil of the American civil war including the silver 3 cent piece, and even the copper-nickel cent having a premium, Congress issued paper money in denominations as small as three cents to replace the hoarded coins in commerce. These small slips of paper became ragged and dirty, and the people came to hate "shinplasters". After the issuance in 1864 of a lighter bronze cent and a 2 cent coin of that metal, both of which circulated, there were proposals for a three-cent piece in copper-nickel to replace the three-cent note. . So it changed because of it being hoarded at the time.

 

Way to go! You are correct....except for one other little fact..which some may know others may not...two members of "The house" congress that is.... had interest and ownership of a nickel mine!
The facts you listed above plus the potical power of a few members of Congress pushed to use both nickel and copper to mint coins.
Their influence saying that nickel was a hard medal and as such the coins would last longer and it wasn't a precious medal so the people wouldn't try to hoard or melt.

 

I didn't see anyone address the missing, or almost missing A in STATES which Shews1994 indicated was due to over polishing, but wouldn't it most likely be a filled letter in the die?

 

More so a grease filled or broken letter , I'm thinking grease filled die.

 

Man your an interesting gal. You work hard at this. Someone said that only 1 out of 1000 collectors are women. Well I'll pick you as the women i want to represent us as that one sis

 

I got your back

 

Awee thank you!! Your the best.