1865 - Re-opening of Southern Post Offices |
United States Nickel Trime |
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27 July 1865 Cartersville,
Georgia wallpaper cover to Mt. Zion, Georgia |
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| The United States re-opened post offices in the occupied South as contractors to carry the mails could be found. Envelopes made of wallpaper were a hold-over from the severe paper shortages in Confederacy. |
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1865 three cent coin minted in Philadelphia |
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In 1865 three cent pieces were first minted using a nickel composition rather than silver as previously. The composition was 75% copper and 25% nickel. The designer was James B. Longacre. |
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Richard Frajola, May 2006 |
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