1885 Nickel Three-Cent Piece. MS-65 (PCGS).；Struck from a mintage of just 1,000 pieces, this Gem offers gorgeous antique-silver surfaces with frosty devices. A solid coin and quite attractive. After the initial few years of tremendous mintages for this series, things settled down in the 1870s, but then mintages fell off to virtually nil in the 1880s as demand for this denomination slipped dramatically. In years like this, Proof mintages far exceeded the business strikes of the year. Today, collectors are thwarted and challenged at every turn when they try to find Nickel Three-Cent pieces from this era in Mint State, as reflected in the five figure prices such coins command at the Gem level. An extraordinary opportunity for the date and mint specialist of this series.
