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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 2582767, member: 12789&quot;]With the US mint still cranking out errors it is easy to forget how much trouble the mint went through back then with trying to strike copper nickel coins, nickel being a harder metal that was new to coinage presented a challenge.&nbsp; Beginning with the FE and early IHC cents, but then onto the nickel three cent and five cent coins the mint went through dies like crazy.&nbsp; They chipped, cracked etc, then the other problem was die clashing caused by careless workers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the doubling in the date on the piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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