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The half dime was a silver coin half the size of a dime, and was called the half dime. Nickel was a difficult metal
to work with and wasn't used in US regular coinage until 1865, and wasn't used for 5 cent coins until 1866.
The half dime and the 5 cent nickel were both produced from 1866 to 1873, and after 1873, the only 5 cent
coins were the nickel ones. Half dimes had been minted, in one form or another, since 1792, although there
were some years when they made no 5 cent coins at all.
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