Back then, three cents could actually buy you . . . a postage stamp. Yaaayyy! But eventually the price of a stamp dropped to two cents and the three cent nickel was doomed.

It's said that Abraham Lincoln was late for his swearing-in ceremony in 1865 because he first signed the legislation authorizing the 3 Cent Nickel. There was also a paper banknote issued for three cents, which I guess was a Three Cent Paper Nickel.

Anyway, that's my Three Cents on the matter.