 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubva muna 1793 kusvika muna 1857, sendi raiva mari yemhangura yainge yakaenzana nehafu yedhora. Kuwanikwa kwegoridhe muCaliforniakwakakonzera kuwedzera kukuru kwemitengo. Sezvo ndarama yakava yakawanda zvikuru, mutengo wendarira wakakwira. Kugadzirwa kwemasendi nehafu yesendi kwakanga kuri imwe yenzvimbo dzepurofiti dzeMunt uye muna 1850 yakatanga kutsvaka dzimwe nzira. Muna 1857, Mint yakaderedza ukuru hwezana uye yakachinja kuumbwa kwayo kusvika ku12 nickel uye 88 mhangura mhangura-nickel, ichiburitsa dhizaini nyowani, Flying Eagle cent. Zvidimbu zvitsva zvacho zvakanga zvakafanana nedhaimondi remazuva ano, kunyange zvazvo zvakanga zvakakora. Uku ndiko kwaiva kushandiswa kwokutanga kwemari yesimbi yemhangura-nickel kuUnited States. Mhangura-nickel yakaita kuti zvioneke zvakajeka zvikuru uye zvakatanga kunzi White cent kana kuti Nicks. 