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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1624421, member: 12789&quot;]The nickel didn&#039;t really catch on right away, but did in time.&nbsp; During that immediate time during the end of the Civil War and into the 1870s coinage had been hoarded by the populace because of fears of the paper money losing it&#039;s value.&nbsp; Silver and gold coin traded at much more favourable rates during the war than the Legal Tender and National Bank issues.&nbsp; The half dime saw a diminishing mintage after the war, and likely many of them spent a good amount of time in vaults somewhere for awhile because they were silver.&nbsp; The shield nickels did circulate, and given how many of them are heavily worn - they circulated hard and long - probably into the very early 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago we had an older member of a coin club that remembered as a child during the 1930s his father getting half dime in payment for a dime at a service station and feeling like he was ripped off because it was worth half of what it should have been but it wasn&#039;t that much smaller than a dime.&nbsp; Seated liberty coins did indeed circulate into the 1930s in some areas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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