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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Up until last week I've only made 2 purchases (that I didn't end up returning due to one problem or another with the coin) since the beginning of 2008. Now, I've made three purchases within a couple week timeframe. Hopefully, this means I can start finding quality, problem free, original coins once again! I absolutely love this coin. I have a habit of accumulating semi-key coins and this is the newest to that tiny hoard. I can honestly tell you that this is only the 2nd circulated 1871 Shield nickel I've seen in at least a few years or so that even remotely looked decent. Most of them look like total crap or have problems. The only other one I saw (and regret not buying) was a super choice AU but it had a pretty weak upper shield and I wasn't so hip to the fact that it was pretty common on these pieces. This coin has amazingly nice surfaces and a great shield with most horizontal lines showing. I can't believe my good luck in getting this one (from Mark Seldon at American Rare Coin & Collectibles). I promise to take decent pictures of it, but I'm waiting for my other coins to come in the mail before setting up the whole copy stand set up. So for now, here are a couple of somewhat decent scans. Some detail is not quite there, like the die break on the bottom of the obverse. New pictures...(actual photos now!)  [okay, the scans suck compared to the photos, huh?]  Edited by Prethen
03/19/2010 12:13 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well Done. I like that coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I like it Prethren! Very nice XF!
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Valued Member
Sweden
347 Posts |
The shield makes me think of Andorra for some reason.
Like the coins though :)
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Valued Member
United States
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Valued Member
United States
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Most of us would love to have that one!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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some nice rain to end your drought!
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New Member
United States
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United States
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Does nickel have a sensitivity to PVC byproducts, like silver? The green on the obverse of this coin makes me a little nervous....
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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That green did concern me a teeny bit before buying the coin. But, I've seen this type of "green dirt" before. It's just dirt that has some corrosion in it and it's not actually in the metal of the coin. If this was raw, I would have given it a bath in either acetone or denatured alcohol and that dirt would have easily lifted off without affecting the metal. I'm sure PCGS recognizes that same and wouldn't have holdered it if they felt that the corrosion was going into the metal. Also, keep in mind that the photo blows the coin up to massive proportions which exaggerates that small area quite a bit. In hand, that area of dirt is no biggie and quite typical of crusty nickels that don't show any real signs of metal corrosion. I wouldn't be surprised to see some dissent on this here, but I've dealt with enough coins like this to have a fairly high degree of confidence in what I'm seeing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Someone on another forum just pointed out that this coin is actually a double-die reverse variety. Not a big one, but cool nonetheless. The doubling is easiest to see in the "O" in OF, 2nd "E" in STATES, and edge of 1st "S" in STATES. Bonus!
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Excellent coin. Nice find!
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Posted 03/13/2010 3:53 pm
