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The Authoritative Reference on Three Cent Nickels is now available
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The Authoritative Refererence on Three Cent Nickels is now available through Kyle Vick.
Below is a summation of the book
The main addition to this book is a date by date analysis section and an analysis of the series by two
experts.
Thanks
Kevin
The Authoritative Reference on Three Cent Nickels by Kevin Flynn and Edward Fletcher, Third Edition, 8 ½ by 11, 160 pages, published 2009, Softcover $34.95
The objective of this book is to create a complete reference on the Three Cent Nickel series including the history, grading, collecting, and National Archive letters and documents which are relevant to this series.
This is the third edition of this book. The first edition was published in 1999. The second edition was printed in 2004 with updated pricing for each die variety. This third edition contains new archive documents, die counts, certified population counts, a date by date analysis of the Three Cent nickel series, an analysis of the Three Cent nickels by several experts in the series, and several new die varieties.
To present the most accurate historical information, the best scenario would be to build a time machine and travel back to this era. As this is not an option in this point of time, the next best resource is to read the letters from the individuals who were involved in the decisions, design, or other important letters from this era to show what influences the country was having on the creation or usage of a coin. The national archives contains many of the letters from the Mint during the 19th century. Letters relevant to the Three Cent nickel series from the National Archives are presented in the back of this book. This includes letters from Joseph Wharton who was instrumental in pushing this series through Congress with his supporters; from James Booth, the Chief Melter and Refiner who had extensive knowledge of the copper nickel alloy; from the Chief Coiner A Louden Snowden who described many of the problems with striking the copper nickel alloy, and the destructiveness it caused machinery; and from Director of the Mint James Pollock who was first against using copper nickel to be used in coinage and tried first to have Three Cent pieces made in bronze.
Die varieties in the three cent nickel series includes overdates, doubled dies, misplaced dates, and repunched dates. Walter Breen in his “Complete Encyclopedia”, presented several overdates, a 1877/6, 1878/7, 1887/6, and a 1883/2. The only one of these which has been validated has been the two 1887/6 overdates, one on a proof die and one on a business die. The business strike overdate is less prominent and much rarer. An analysis of the refuted repunched dates is presented
This book contains 15 doubled dies, 16 misplaced dates, 2 overdates, and 57 repunched dates. Misplaced dates are mainly found in 1865 with eight known to date. 1865 was the year of highest production and greatest demand, it was also the first time this hard alloy was used for regular coinage. All of these combined to make an atmosphere of high production of working dies with less care given to the quality of the work.
Most of the repunched dates listed in this book have never been published before, as expected 1865 had an abundance of RPDs. The surprise was 1881 which had a number of very dramatic RPDs.
This book is only available in soft cover and is $34.95. To order, contact Kyle Vick at Stanton Books and Stone Mountain Supply, 1570 Holcomb Bridge Road, Suite 120, Roswell, GA 30076, 800-828-8306, www.stantonbooks.com.
Below is a summation of the book
The main addition to this book is a date by date analysis section and an analysis of the series by two
experts.
Thanks
Kevin
The Authoritative Reference on Three Cent Nickels by Kevin Flynn and Edward Fletcher, Third Edition, 8 ½ by 11, 160 pages, published 2009, Softcover $34.95
The objective of this book is to create a complete reference on the Three Cent Nickel series including the history, grading, collecting, and National Archive letters and documents which are relevant to this series.
This is the third edition of this book. The first edition was published in 1999. The second edition was printed in 2004 with updated pricing for each die variety. This third edition contains new archive documents, die counts, certified population counts, a date by date analysis of the Three Cent nickel series, an analysis of the Three Cent nickels by several experts in the series, and several new die varieties.
To present the most accurate historical information, the best scenario would be to build a time machine and travel back to this era. As this is not an option in this point of time, the next best resource is to read the letters from the individuals who were involved in the decisions, design, or other important letters from this era to show what influences the country was having on the creation or usage of a coin. The national archives contains many of the letters from the Mint during the 19th century. Letters relevant to the Three Cent nickel series from the National Archives are presented in the back of this book. This includes letters from Joseph Wharton who was instrumental in pushing this series through Congress with his supporters; from James Booth, the Chief Melter and Refiner who had extensive knowledge of the copper nickel alloy; from the Chief Coiner A Louden Snowden who described many of the problems with striking the copper nickel alloy, and the destructiveness it caused machinery; and from Director of the Mint James Pollock who was first against using copper nickel to be used in coinage and tried first to have Three Cent pieces made in bronze.
Die varieties in the three cent nickel series includes overdates, doubled dies, misplaced dates, and repunched dates. Walter Breen in his “Complete Encyclopedia”, presented several overdates, a 1877/6, 1878/7, 1887/6, and a 1883/2. The only one of these which has been validated has been the two 1887/6 overdates, one on a proof die and one on a business die. The business strike overdate is less prominent and much rarer. An analysis of the refuted repunched dates is presented
This book contains 15 doubled dies, 16 misplaced dates, 2 overdates, and 57 repunched dates. Misplaced dates are mainly found in 1865 with eight known to date. 1865 was the year of highest production and greatest demand, it was also the first time this hard alloy was used for regular coinage. All of these combined to make an atmosphere of high production of working dies with less care given to the quality of the work.
Most of the repunched dates listed in this book have never been published before, as expected 1865 had an abundance of RPDs. The surprise was 1881 which had a number of very dramatic RPDs.
This book is only available in soft cover and is $34.95. To order, contact Kyle Vick at Stanton Books and Stone Mountain Supply, 1570 Holcomb Bridge Road, Suite 120, Roswell, GA 30076, 800-828-8306, www.stantonbooks.com.
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