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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 182714, member: 2972&quot;]I don&#039;t mean to contradict you, but the mint had been producing nickel coins since 1865 in the form of the three cent piece, and since 1866 with the shield nickels -- for almost twenty years by the time this coin was minted, so it was hardly &quot;new&quot; by this time.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are correct in that nickel is a harder metal, requires additional pressure to be struck, and as a result die cracks were more common on this material, but inexperience is not the culprit -- not-hard-enough die steel and/or overuse of dies was the more likely cause.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take care...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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