Posted 09/24/2011 05:25 am
Yes, Variety 5 (No Broken Letters) 1868 Reverse of '68 5-Cent Shield nickels are very difficult to Cherrypick. It's not that they are difficult to identify or pick-off from a dealer.... it's just that there are not that many to find - especially in high-grade. There was one on e-Bay in a SEGS MS-66 holder a few years back that I managed to purchase for $600. I later sold it for $1750 (actually worth much more). It then was submitted to NGC and came back MS-64.
Yes, Howard Spindel has (or had) the new FS#'s in error for some of the Reverse '68 Varieties on his ShieldNickel.net website. Those errors were traced back to an Excel listing of Shield nickel varieties from J.T. Stanton of the CherryPickers Guide. However, the listings and FS#'s in the current CherryPickers Guide are correct.
The next hardest Reverse of '68 Variety to locate in high grade is Variety 3 (3-Broken Letters). I seems the progressive deterioration of the Reverse Letters passed through 3-Broken Letters stage to 4-Broken Letters fairly quickly.
In a few more years the population numbers will make rarity of the different 1868 Reverse '68 5-Cent Shield nickels more defined.
Yes, Howard Spindel has (or had) the new FS#'s in error for some of the Reverse '68 Varieties on his ShieldNickel.net website. Those errors were traced back to an Excel listing of Shield nickel varieties from J.T. Stanton of the CherryPickers Guide. However, the listings and FS#'s in the current CherryPickers Guide are correct.
The next hardest Reverse of '68 Variety to locate in high grade is Variety 3 (3-Broken Letters). I seems the progressive deterioration of the Reverse Letters passed through 3-Broken Letters stage to 4-Broken Letters fairly quickly.
In a few more years the population numbers will make rarity of the different 1868 Reverse '68 5-Cent Shield nickels more defined.
Edited by Danester
09/24/2011 05:38 am
09/24/2011 05:38 am
