WEEK 602. DON'T FORGET TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS!

[LISA B]

This weeks First and Second place winners will be picked at random.

The question must be answered by Saturday at midnight EST

 

QUESTION:

[font:Century Gothic]Beside its design, what change was made to the nickel five-cent piece in 1883?[/font]

This weeks winner will receive an autographed copy of David W. Langes “The Complete Guide to Mercury Dimes”, Second Edition

 

There will also be a runner up prize given to a selected player with the correct answer.

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia info post for more details

 

[bit1work]

"E Pluribus Unum" was added to nickel 5-cents

 

[bsshog40]

It's diameter was increased by 22mm.

[dan8402]

The diameter was increased to 22mm.

[Guest AuroraRarities]

The diameter was increased to 21.2mm.

[Coindude]

Well the addition of FIVE CENTS comes to mind partway through production. There was also a size change, diameter would be increased to 22 millimeters.

[L1ncolnF4n]

Diameter from 20.5mm (pre-1883) to 21.2mm (post-1883)

[Kenneth F]

Cents was added?

[Amarillo]

To the face of the coin thirteen star's and liberty head were added and to the rear for the coin Variety 1, a V with a wreath was added and E Pluribus Unum under the wreath and Variety 2, E Plunibus Unum was moved to above the wreath and word cent was added under the wreath with two dots one on each side of the word cent.

[dadams]

Diameter and Thickness -

 

The diameter of the Liberty Head nickel increased to 21.2 mm from the 20.5 mm diameter of the Shield nickel and thickness of the Liberty Head nickel was reduced.

[AuMorgan82110-migration]

Other than the design, the nickel five cent piece was made larger in diameter by.7 mm, but it retained its five gram weight.

[CyberspaceVoid]

The Liberty Head nickel was increased to a 21.2mm diameter from the Shield nickel's 20.5mm. By effectively thinning the planchets, as weight and composition remained the same, it would improve overall strike quality while reducing wear on the minting presses.

[SamD]

Well, aside from the fact that the nickel went from the Shield design to the Liberty design, there were two versions of the Liberty design, one with cents and one without cents.

 

The without cents was the original 1883 Liberty nickel design, and the cents was added later in production to discourage gold plating of the no cent variety, passed off as a 5 dollar gold piece.

[Collector1-migration]

Besides the design changes of 1883, the diameter of the nickel was also changed. Shield Nickels had been minted with a diameter of 20.5 mm. When the 1883 Liberty Head Nickel came around the diameter was increased to 21.2 mm. Despite the change in diameter the weight of the newly minted nickels remained 5.00 grams with a composition of 75% copper and 25% nickel.

[sc7000]

The diameter changed to 21.2 mm from the shield nickel which was 20.5 mm

 

Also the words "CENTS" was added to prevent being passed off as $5 when gold plated.

[sc7000]

Not sure if first post went through.

 

diameter was increased to 21.2 mm previously 20.5 mm for shield nickel

 

also cents was added to prevent being gold plated and passed off as $5 coin.

[coinsandmedals]

The diameter was changed from 20.5 mm to 21.2 mm

[LISA B]

QUESTION:

 

Beside its design, what change was made to the nickel five-cent piece in 1883?

 

Answer: Its diameter was increased

 

This weeks winner Coinsandmedals has won autographed copy of David W. Langes “The Complete Guide to Mercury Dimes”, Second Edition

 

Our runner up, AuMorgan82110 has won a single coin display box.

 

Thank you for playing and please stop by this Friday for the PMG Numisma-Quest question