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Rest in Peace
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It only shows with cents, and it has the 1883 with out cents, no picture, included in the Shield nickels. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I wasn't talking about the Shield nickel, I meant the 1883 No Cent and the 1883 with cent so he could see the difference between the two and maybe they even talk about it a little in the book so he can understand what we were trying to tell him a little better also |
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Bryan1315, It does show both types. It also shows the way it was made with both styles for the year 1883. Seems like it would've been worth more to have no cents, sense it was changed mid-year and only made one year.
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Seems like it would've been worth more to have no cents, sense it was changed mid-year and only made one year. Even though fewer of the "no cents" were minted, they are more common and in better grade. They were hoarded following the design change. Hence, the 1883 No Cents is more common and less valuable than the 1883 With Cents. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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yeah I have seen more UNC No Cents 1883 Nickels than I have seen circulated examples. I guess when everyone found out they were changing the design, everyone pulled every one they could find and tucked them away thinking these would be more rare than the new design since all the other V nickels in all the other years would have the Cents on the Reverse. It kind of backfired because there was just so many hoarded and no one was putting back the ones with the new Reverse which made the one with Cents for that year more valuable in higher grades |
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I agree, $10 is no biggie.
With this coin, it's all about the history. "You're joshing me" started with this coin. A deaf mute figured out he could gold plate them and they looked just like a $5 gold piece. Not sure how long he got away with it, but they changed the design because of him.
He would go into a store, but something for a 5 cents, and hand them a gold plated nickel. In most cases the clerks just handed him $4.95 in change. He was eventually caught but not prosecuted. It was determined that since he couldn't speak, he never actually misrepresented it as a new $5 gold piece.
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12/31/2010 02:33 am
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Sorry I've arrived too late to this thread to be of much use.  Quote:
Jaymon74 said:
According to The Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 6th Edition (2010) page 1255. It list the 1883 as follows: Pn1802 1883 -5 Cents. Nickel. As others have pointed out, you were looking in the "US Patterns" section of the US listing of the catalogue. The giveaway to this was the catalogue numbers prefixed with "Pn". Quote:
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I will tell SAP about this since he has the kraus book I think and let him give you some more information about what you are looking at in the book you have
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Bryan1315, It does show both types. I'm glad to hear this is actually the case for the sixth edition Krause catalogue. I only have the fourth edition, which is filled with errors and omissions. Even the US listing isn't immune to these errors: the 1892/3 Exposition commemoratives (KM# 115 and 117) are missing, as is the "no cents" or "Racketeer" nickel of 1883 (KM# 111). I only know what the KM numbers for these coins are by looking them up on NumisMaster, the Krause website. To sum up: there were a total of three circulation-type nickels struck with 1883 dates: the last year of the old Shield nickel (KM# 97, mintage 1.45 million), the "Racketeer" nickel (KM# 111, mintage 5.4 million) and the regular Liberty Head "V" nickel (KM# 112, mintage 16 million). Yours is the Racketeer type (KM# 111), the one that catalogues at the lowest price, despite not being the highest mintage. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Sap, The hoarding thing makes sense. I can see how it backfired. I'm sure situations like this are still happening today.
I admit I got a little excited when I saw what I thought was the value on that coin. I hate having my bubble burst. Guess I should pay a little more attention to the different sections of the book. Maybe I'll be able to find those half-dimes in the correct section!
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Count your blessings, Jaymon74. Your $2 lesson (IMO the amount of money you overpaid) has obviously been of just as much value to you as the same lesson taught people we've had to advise of a multi-thousand-dollar loss.
The lesson: If you don't approach coin buying methodically and with accurate knowledge beforehand, you're gonna wish you had.
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Just for everyone's edification (I know! Big word!), here are both types of 1883 V nickel reverses: No Cents:  Cents:  |
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SuperDave, Multi-thousand dollar loss? Ouch! If I were to be handing over thousands, I would definitely know what I was getting! Moe145, Thank you for the illustration photos. P.S. I did find the Half Dimes. Same deal as the Nickel. Looking in the wrong area. Oops! |
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Jaymon74, Although scooby due summed it up quite nicely, I suggest you google racketeer nickel and read up on it. One of the most interesting and humorous stories in numismatic history in my opinion  |
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