Last night I won at an
ebay auction this shield nickle, and I think at a pretty good winning bid of $12.50 with free shipping. I don't have the coin in hand yet, but the images that were in the
ebay listing were good enough to show here and ask for an opinion. And I have an extra question as well about your opinions of the grade.
I don't know much about shield nickles and so wouldn't know if any coins ever had weaker strikes. And the reason I mention this is because to me, comparing the obverse vs the reverse, the reverse appears to be about 3 or even 4 grades higher than the obverse. The stars are still very raised with lines separating the points. I also was reading about shield nickles and read that die cracks are fairly common so I assume that the cracks on the obverse though many (at the 9, to the right of the arrow, and running up the right side of the wreath) aren't going to significantly increase the value but would like your opinions on that also.
Well looking forward to your comments, and thanks.

