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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kentucky, post: 3443237, member: 33176&quot;]In the early days of making US coins, they concentrated on the silver issues and instead of a nickel, we had half dimes.&nbsp; After the Civil War, small change was in short supply and they had to come up with some new issues.&nbsp; The nickel was one of these and the shield nickel was the first.&nbsp; Didn&#039;t last too many years before being replaced by the V nickel.&nbsp; One in this condition is worth $20-$30.&nbsp; Take a look here <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_(United_States_coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_(United_States_coin)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_(United_States_coin)</a>&nbsp; Welcome to CT.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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