the last 50 cent piece was made in 2002.
the last 50 cent piece was made in 2002.
when was the last 50 cent piece made?
2002
controversy ensued over the radio and album versions. epic records decided to place nas on the radio version due to his popularity at the time instead of 50 cent. 50 cent became angry at "former" friend nas. nas threatened him, stating: "so he's like a kid living in a hip-hop fantasy world. j.lo is a friend of mine, if she wants to do a record, i'm doing a record with her [sic] 50 was like a little brother to me." in response to 50 cent's constant slamming of the collaboration, nas stated: "to sum it all up, 50 is still a new artist. i would say he's got a good five to six more albums before i can really respond to him. with my other battles, it was different. this is not really my thing right here." 50 cent held no hard feelings towards lopez, but towards nas only. according to epic records, the switch in artists made on the radio version was "purely business." the 50 cent-featured version appears on the "j to tha l-o!: the remixes" album (however, the european version features a no-rap version) while the nas-featured version appears on the european pressing of lopez's 2002 album "this is me... then". the 2002 u.s. compilation "now that's what i call music! volume 10" also contains the version featuring nas. the itunes & apple music version only contains a no-rap version, despite the artists title. of the original song from "j.lo", tom sinclair of "entertainment weekly" called the song "upbeat" but noted that: "i'm gonna be alright for instance — which is based on the sugarhill gang's "8th wonder" — is attributed to lopez and eight other writers (presumably making jen the ninth wonder.)"
i'm gonna be alright
pollock returned to office as mint director in 1869. although pollock opposed redemption, treasury secretary george s. boutwell did not, and a bill allowing for redemption of base-metal coins in lots of at least $20 was signed into law by president ulysses s. grant on march 3, 1871. by then, early versions of what became the coinage act of 1873 were being considered by congress. this was a major piece of legislation that reformed the laws relating to the mint. as introduced by ohio senator john sherman on april 28, 1870, it included linderman's proposal for the use of copper-nickel in the minor coins. the debate over the bill stretched over the next three years. the use of nickel was a sticking point for the legislation; some congressmen alleged that the whole point of the bill was to benefit wharton. between 1870 and 1872, different versions of the bill, with a larger three-cent piece, twice passed the house and once the senate, but differences between the houses could not be reconciled. after the second house passage, in may 1872, the senate finance committee struck the provisions for copper-nickel coinage. after a conference committee met, both houses passed a version that left the cent, three-cent nickel piece, and nickel unaltered, and it was signed by president grant on february 12, 1873. the act eliminated the two-cent piece, silver three-cent piece, silver half dime and the standard silver dollar (the last denomination was reinstated in 1878). the three-cent piece was made legal tender to twenty-five cents, as were the other two base-metal coins, the cent and nickel (the surviving silver coins were legal tender to five dollars). numismatic writer breen deemed the decision to eliminate the silver three-cent piece and the half dime, which might directly compete with the two copper-nickel coins, a favor to wharton. carothers called the abolition of the silver three- and five-cent pieces "a necessity if the 3 cent and 5 cent nickel pieces were to be continued after the revival of silver coinage".
three-cent nickel