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Very Rare 1883nc 5c Liberty Die Variety - Ebay

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 Posted 06/30/2011  11:47 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Danester to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I just listed a very rare 1883 No Cents Liberty nickel die variety on ebay. Read the description and let me know if you have ever encountered this die variety before. As I state in my description, in over 20+ years of looking I've only found one other lower grade example.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...RK:MESELX:IT
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 Posted 07/01/2011  11:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mycrob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Great, great close up pictures in that auction. I've come across just a few 1883 No cents varieties in my many years of searching 1000s of Liberty nickels. I think I have 3 or 4, but nothing like this piece. I think only 1 of mine is in Cherrypicker's Guide (CPG).

My opinion is that the Liberty nickel series is very ripe for finding new RPDs, doubled dies and other varieties- I have quite a few in my collection that are not in CPG. Very few seem to be listed in CPG.

Unfortunely, there are not a lot of people that collect Liberty nickels in contrast to Buffalo or Jefferson nickels. It's a shame, because Liberty nickels have low mintages for the most part and are very interesting as a series.
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I'm unfamiliar with Liberty 5c, but this RPD resembles those I see in the IHC series in the same time frame.
For IHCs, 1882-3 was an interesting span, because there were many MPDs too, where the date punch was impressed into the denticles and recesses of the portrait, presumably to test die hardness. I wouldn't be surprised if Liberty nickels of the 1880s had many MPDs as well.

Regarding scarcity, IHCs mintages for this period run about 300-400,000 per obverse die. Liberty 5cs may be harder on dies and have slightly shorter runs?
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