1869 Shield Nickel - Severe Shift Doubling? - Neat

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oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 11:34 am I picked this nickel up just to get a better look at it. I thought that it might be an unattributed Repunched Date or Double Die Obverse, but I think that it is just severe shift doubling. The motto may be Longacre Doubling, but the date is pretty dramatic! What do you think? Report this Post to the Staff

CoinCollecter97 Valued Member United States 125 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 11:38 am Nice coin!! Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 12:19 pm Nice! Report this Post to the Staff
fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 12:32 pm Saw the title & thought you'd be showing the 69/69 DDO. But yours is much more dramatic. Nice! Report this Post to the Staff
CoinsKelly Pillar of the Community United States 3453 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 12:43 pm That is really a dramatic date! Nice pickup! Report this Post to the Staff
solotime Pillar of the Community United States 2311 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 12:48 pm Nice coin! Report this Post to the Staff
bill069 Pillar of the Community United States 608 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 2:15 pm Nice coin and great close-up photos Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 3:24 pm Not sure if I want to keep it, I have a 1868 DDO on the way. Edited by oih82w8 09/14/2013 3:26 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 4:15 pm That's not Longacre, that's Ludicrous! Reasonably sure it's MD, though - were it a known die variety, it'd be splashed all over the Internet. Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 4:36 pm with Machine Doubling on this one, and an excellent example of what it looks like. Very flat and shelf like, no rounding of the doubled areas in design. On ebay I see a lot of the raw coins listed as DDO or DDR are actually just machine doubled and surprised how many people end up paying pretty hefty premiums for a defect that should not have any value to it. A very good learning piece, anyway to get some close up photos of the like you have but at an angle? Say like 45 degrees? I know it might be hard to shoot through the slab like that - but I think it may show off the shelf look even more dramatically. Very cool and thanks for sharing this Shield nickel! "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 Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 4:39 pm Beautiful Shield! Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 4:39 pm Beautiful Shield! Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 09/14/2013 5:30 pm Wes, I'll see what I can do later tonight after work Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 09/15/2013 10:22 am Sorry, angle attempts last night, I will try again after work tonight. None of the images that I took last night were any good. The focal point on the USB microscope is to small to gain a reasonable image through the slab plastic. Edited by oih82w8 09/16/2013 08:12 am Report this Post to the Staff
srs77 Pillar of the Community United States 3106 Posts	Posted 09/16/2013 09:49 am That's just awesome! Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 09/25/2013 09:31 am strong MD. Report this Post to the Staff
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