1882 Shield Nickel .... Filled Motto

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Chancellor Sutler Pillar of the Community United States 1372 Posts	Posted 11/10/2013 02:13 am What do you suppose caused the motto to be this"indistinct" for wont of a better word? It doesn't appear to be an advanced die stage ... but is weakly struck, particularly on the right side of the obverse. I got this from a coin dealer in Germany. I m going to plug it into my 7070 and take the 1880 out. Chance Report this Post to the Staff

SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 11/10/2013 03:23 am Improper annealing; the die has "sunk" towards the top of the obverse. The rim remains fairly strong, and the worst is inboard of that. I've seen this on Morgans. A thin planchet could do this too, but the reverse is uniformly strong and the die crack at TS isn't important enough to cause the problem. Report this Post to the Staff
zxcccxz Pillar of the Community Canada 5417 Posts	Posted 11/10/2013 04:06 am AU Report this Post to the Staff
Chancellor Sutler Pillar of the Community United States 1372 Posts	Posted 11/10/2013 04:11 am I think it's AU as well. It's got nice, bright, original surfaces, but it's weakly struck. I bought it for VG money, including postage, which is why I like to shop the UK, German, and Italian ebay sites. I'm no multi-linguist by any stretch of the imagination, but I get by. Chance Report this Post to the Staff
LowLife Valued Member United States 368 Posts	Posted 11/11/2013 12:09 am I'm leaning low AU on this....still a nice coin! Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 11/11/2013 2:54 pm The motto on Shield nickels tend to suffer from severe Longacre doubling as well Report this Post to the Staff
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