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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ziggy29, post: 14613, member: 1113&quot;]Five cent pieces were made of silver from 1794 to 1873, when they were called half dimes.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The nickel five-cent piece was first minted in 1866.&nbsp; There&#039;s an economic phenomenon known as &quot;Gresham&#039;s Law&quot; which goes something like this:&nbsp; <i>bad money drives out good money.</i>&nbsp; Well, with both nickel and silver five cent pieces, it was understandable for folks to not want to receive the debased nickel coin.&nbsp; Similarly it was also common for folks to <i>hoard</i> the silver coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually, the government discontinued the silver five-cent piece in 1873.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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