1881 3 cent nickel

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by buddy16cat, Mar 18, 2026 at 10:34 AM.

  1. buddy16cat

    buddy16cat Well-Known Member

    I don’t know if this pic does it justice
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  3. buddy16cat

    buddy16cat Well-Known Member

    this pic is no good let me try again.
     
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  6. buddy16cat

    buddy16cat Well-Known Member

    I don’t know if you can tell but the III on the reverse has full lines
     
  7. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    Looks to be about the same condition as my 1870, which was sold to me as F in the way back time (I paid $3.75 around 1973...). It's hard to tell what your reverse looks like, but grading emphasizes the obverse in most cases. Try taking images more straight on and then crop them on your phone. That's pretty easy on an iPhone.
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  8. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . . Supporter

    Many of these can be weakly struck resulting in hair detail that looks like a lot of wear. The vertical lines in the III suffer from weak striking as well.

    The denticles are a good indicator of heavier wear.

    YMMV / JMHO.

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    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . . Supporter

  10. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    The 1881 Nickel Three Cent Piece was sort of a "last gasp" for this denomination. The mintage was 1,077,000 which was well over the amount for the all of the other dates in this era. After the mintages were much lower until the coin was discontinued in 1889.

    Here are two examples, first in Mint State and then a Proof.

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  11. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Try T as king your photos from directly above the coin. Taking them on an angle really makes it difficult to see the features of the coin. Thank you.
     
  12. scottishmoney

    scottishmoney Buh bye

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    Despite the mintages shrinking significantly after 1881, the mint continued to strike miniscule mintages of circulating coins until 1889 when 18,125 coins were minted.
     
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