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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNoost, post: 414198, member: 14473&quot;]Thanks for the contest!</p><p>These are the answers I posted:</p><p><b>Nickel contest answers from TheNoost</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure if you got mine as I was writing it during the server switch over.</p><p>1.Shield nickel(with rays) unless u count 3c nickels</p><p>2.Shield nickel 1866-1883 (no rays 1866-1867 with rays 1867-1883) although Breen 1988 states an 1865 prototype proof.</p><p>3.Felix Schlag-rev Jamie Frankie-obv</p><p>4.2006-current</p><p>5.Nickel o<span style="color: #333333">riginates from German &#039;kupfernickel&#039; (copper demon) or false copper due to the deceptive copper color of the ore and its hardness. AKA copper of the devil.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>In the US, the term &quot;nickel&quot; or &quot;nick&quot; originally was applied to the copper-nickel Indian cent in 1859. Later, used on the three-cent coin in 1865, and the following year shield nickel rec&#039;d the designation, and still remains. Coins of pure nickel were first used in 1881(Switzerland)</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Interesting factoids:</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Nickel was discovered in 1751</span></p><p>Nickel will shrink slightly if placed in a magnetic field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the contest, Nick the Noost</p><p>__________________</p><p>CT member #1 (1+4+4)+(7+3)=19=1+9=10=1+0=1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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