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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3651943, member: 66"]About 6 years or so ago</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes they did have the same problem with short die life on these that they did with the Shield nickels. Die life seemed to be a little better at around 50,000 coins per die pair.</p><p>There are two books that I know of on the series <i>The Authoritative Reference on Three Cent Nickels</i> by Kevin Flynn (available on Amazon.com around $38) And a much more definitive <i>The Ultimate Guide to U. S. Three Cent Nickels 1868 - 1889</i> by Allen Gifford. Only 500 copies were printed and it is almost impossible to find a printed copy. But it is available for free download on Archive.org</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/guideusthreecent2003gifford/page/n2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/guideusthreecent2003gifford/page/n2" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/guideusthreecent2003gifford/page/n2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And there are still more varieties out there than are referenced in these books.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3651943, member: 66"]About 6 years or so ago Yes they did have the same problem with short die life on these that they did with the Shield nickels. Die life seemed to be a little better at around 50,000 coins per die pair. There are two books that I know of on the series [I]The Authoritative Reference on Three Cent Nickels[/I] by Kevin Flynn (available on Amazon.com around $38) And a much more definitive [I]The Ultimate Guide to U. S. Three Cent Nickels 1868 - 1889[/I] by Allen Gifford. Only 500 copies were printed and it is almost impossible to find a printed copy. But it is available for free download on Archive.org [URL]https://archive.org/details/guideusthreecent2003gifford/page/n2[/URL] And there are still more varieties out there than are referenced in these books.[/QUOTE]
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