The Jefferson Nickel was first struck in 1938, but I believe there had been talk of retiring the Buffalo Nickel (which in its day was not particularly popular as far as its design) years before.
@@rivendellcoinsantiquities4964 I’ve always disliked the Jefferson nickel design, front and back. Nothing less imaginative than putting a cold, monolithic building on the back of a coin. Same goes with the memorial cent. Boring.
1934 90 years ago now. A time when wheat pennies, buffalo nickels, Merc dimes, walking liberty half dollars, piece dollars were still being minted! Nothing but silver, copper and gold! Unfortunately the great depression had a grip on things, Otherwise a very simple time and a more quality of things!
I didn't know it was such a complicated process back then.
It was a lot of hard work, without a doubt! Thanks for watching!
Great work on the dramatic soundtrack! I thought we were going to look up and see Alfred Hitchcock working the smelter or something.
Thanks, Pete. I am glad that someone 90 or so years ago decided to take that footage.
1930s? Narrator talks about the Jefferson Nickel, but that coin didn’t debut until 1939.
The Jefferson Nickel was first struck in 1938, but I believe there had been talk of retiring the Buffalo Nickel (which in its day was not particularly popular as far as its design) years before.
@@rivendellcoinsantiquities4964 I’ve always disliked the Jefferson nickel design, front and back. Nothing less imaginative than putting a cold, monolithic building on the back of a coin. Same goes with the memorial cent. Boring.
ok, cue the overly dramatic music
I guess they were pretty proud of that film in the 1930s. 😂
1934
90 years ago now.
A time when wheat pennies, buffalo nickels, Merc dimes, walking liberty half dollars, piece dollars were still being minted!
Nothing but silver, copper and gold!
Unfortunately the great depression had a grip on things,
Otherwise a very simple time and a more quality of things!
Yes, it would have been an interesting time to live in, but also a time of hardship for many. Thanks for watching!