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Pillar of the Community
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The date on my 1882 Shield nickel is not centered below the shield, it's more to the right than centered. Was this the norm since they were "hand set" back in the day?  Edited by oih82w8
02/13/2012 11:32 pm
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 United States
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Comparing the one in my type set, the one shown on CCF coin facts, and one for sale at an online dealer, all dates seem to be off.
Update - some years seem correctly centered, some years off-center, some years seem tipped, some years seem wider than normal
Edited by Fuzzy317
02/13/2012 9:36 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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There may have been more than one master die.
Can anyone confirm this?
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Pillar of the Community
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i thought the dates were still hand punched. Am I wrong?
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah, the engraver probably messed the first number up and just went with it.
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United States
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Dates on Shield nickels were still hand-punched. As an aside, it's relatively rare to see such a clean "two" on the 1882. Usually, one finds that the two is filled. I have seen some unscrupulous sellers on the bay market filled two's as the much rarer 1883/2, which it is not, of course. Nice coin, oih82w8. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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All dates were hand punched into the individual working dies using a four digit punch.
Dates on master hubs did not begin until 1907 and wasn't used for all denominations until 1916.
Edited by Conder101
02/15/2012 10:01 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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And considering you don't know what the Mint workers were having for Lunch back then, you have to almost be happy the date is on the same side all the time.  Quote:
All dates were hand punched into the individual working dies using a four digit punch.
I thought I heard that somewhere before but thanks for the info. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Use of four digit punches began in 1840. Before then date were punched in using individual number punches.
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