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Valued Member
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I was looking closer on one of my Shield nickels and noticed this. I know the dies for the Shield nickels were terrible. Do you think this is actual doubling or just a bad strike? I was going to submit it anyway for grading because of its nice grade, but didn't know if there was any attributions for it.    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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...think this is actual doubling I see the tell-tale sign of a shelf-like appearance: indicative of MD. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Oops, forgot to say  to CCF dw171 |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks, I have a hard time telling the difference between md and dd.
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Pillar of the Community
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That helps a lot, thanks for sharing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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MD but good eye. If these are of interest to you, you will have LOADS of fun in the Shield nickel series. It's like every coin was a unique strike! |
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! I'm not even sure it's MD more like a worn out die if we are talking about the letters in the legend, I don't see doubling on the annulet or shield/leaves. There is a great website dedicated to Shield nickle varieties, if you are so inclined to begin a collection of them, lots and lots of different and wild varieties abound in this series. http://www.shieldnickels.net/Also look for the out of print book on them by Ed Fletcher, it's excellent. "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 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Longacre doubling not MD. Notice it is on one side of some letters, the other side on others and on both sides of some of them. You see Longacre doubling very frequently on the motto on Shield nickels. |
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Posted 12/15/2015 4:13 pm
