Definizione

• When employed for coinage, is generally mixed with copper. This alloy was used by some of the Kings of Bactria in the second century B.C.

  The first national issue of a modern nickel alloy coinage was made by Switzerland in 1850, the pieces being struck at Strasburg. The United States introduced a nickel cent in 1856; Jamaica, a nickel Penny in 1870; and the German Empire adopted a subsidiary nickel coinage in 1873.

  The word is now colloquially used to designate the five Cent piece of the United States.

Fonte

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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