1865 III¢ Nickel - Die Clash - Longacre Doubling

A nice Gem Uncirculated nickel Three Cent piece. Struck around the end of the Civil War, this coin has massive mint luster, a die clash can be seen on both the obverse and reverse and it shows "Longacre's Doubling" on the devices. Longacre's Doubling is found on many of the coins designed by James Barton Longacre during this time period. The original mintage was 11,382,000 and only 500 are estimated to have survived in this grade with just 50,000 in all grades.