Comparing Five-Cent Pieces – Nickels and Half Dimes

AS THE pandemic cuts its path across the United States and the world, one problem we have faced is a shortage of coins. We’ll not debate the reason here, but note that in plenty of stores and business concerns, signs have popped up asking for correct change, if possible. This isn’t the first time the country has been short of coins, although mercifully, it has not happened all that many times. One period in our history that saw virtually all silver and gold coins vanish was the Civil War. The Mint was still pounding out coins each year, but the silver and gold ones simply were not circulating. And one of the littlest of those was the half dime.