Three Cent - Three Cent Nickel - 1868 VF

Just over 3.2 million nickel 3¢ pieces were struck in Philadelphia in 1868 - a fraction of today's mintages. These small coins (about the size of a dime) helped make change, buy 3¢ postage stamps and retire the fractional notes in the years following the Civil War. Add this now-vanished coin to your collection today.