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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 974585, member: 26302&quot;]Originally they were half disme, actually. Disme became dime. Half dime usually is used nowadays to denote the small silver coins as opposed to 5 cent pieces, which we assume is a nickel. Also true, a nickel in 1857 was a one cent piece, since they had added nickel to cents when they reduced the size. The nickel in the alloy was supposed to make up for the fact they were so much smaller, as nickel is a much more expensive metal than copper. Since they took nickel out of cents a few years later, but the main nickel miner still had lots of pull in Congress, they changed the composition of the 5 cent piece to contain nickel, (after making a nickel 3 cent piece of course.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not see anything unusual in the toning. I would be wary, though, since many old toned coins are really RETONED coins, having been cleaned earlieer in their existence. Looking under a microscope would help see any hairline scratches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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