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Just received this 1867 Shield nickel and it is the nicest one I've seen in a while. Great strike and has RPD that is easily visible without magnification. This is my first decent Shield nickel I've had, most of them are severely corroded/damaged. Anyone know more about Shield nickels?    Edited by daremonkee
03/20/2021 4:43 pm
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I'm torn on this one, looks to either Machine Doubling or a possible RPD, all digits shift to the West, it's not one of the RPD's listed in Fletcher's book, and he lists a lot of them for 1867 show 54 different RPD's, so either it's not one or it's a missed listing, being there are so many for this year, especially. It has a flat shelf like appearance which I'm not crazy about. Let's await some other opinions here before calling it a RPD for sure, to me it's a tough call, and I've had a lot of Shield nickel RPD's over the years. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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PCGS has an 1867 Shield nickel as the example for the year and it has the exact same doubling. The more I look at it the more it does look like Machine Doubling. Either way it is a pretty nice example and I'm happy to have it in my collection. Will probably send it in to get slabbed to minimize any more damage to it. Anyone have any guesses of possible grades? |
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The yellowish stuff bothers me, I'd rinse it in acetone to kill whatever it is if it's organic. That won't hurt the coin, nor change any color, unless it completely dissolves it and leaves a brighter area underneath where it was. Seems like a lot of it on the coin.
On a grade? If it doesn't get dinged for a details, which I don't think it should, I'd go MS61/62.
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 with westcoin...yellowish stuff needs some attention...I would go so far as to say an acetone bath/soak. Question on the obverse? The right hand side (our right) of the shield...where the upward and downward curl are connected...is that a gouge or incuse marking? Might be the lighting? If the acetone works a bit I think a low MS-61/2 fits. Nice pick up! smat |
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nice pickup as quite a lot of these were weakly struck due to the metal composition. look for full shield lines (check), full letters both sides (check) and star centers (check). its a winner. MS62. if the surfaces and fields were not marred with the discolorations it would go higher.
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