I do look in the guide and on the Internet and make an opinion for myself but I like to follow up here with experts as this helps me check what I think it is as well as learn more! Thanks!
You do mean 5 cents I hope,and not 1 cent? I am not an expert by any means. To me it looks like the "small date" This piece is silver.Called a "fish scale" I'm sure someone else will give you more info. Oh,and by the way
Small date. Not easy to tell, because of the heavy wear, and the blending {for lack of better word} of metal into the digits. But, the overall shape of the date digits more closely resembles the small date than the large date.
If the 9 is the same as an 1897 or 1898, it's a large 9 wide OO. If it looks like the 9's on an 1899 or 1901, it's a small 9 narrow 00. Yours is a small 9 narrow 00.
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