Your photo isn't detailed enough for me to say whether it may or may not have a minor RPD. But I can tell you the appearance of the second 6 is...
As others said, it's a filled 2, not an overdate. Very common. Here's more info: http://www.shieldnickels.net/1883_2/1882Filled2.html
I recently found a second example of this new 1869 DDO. Not nearly as nice a grade, though. Still plenty of things to discover in shield nickels!
We are getting hung up on labels somewhat. I think my use of the word "fatigue" is causing some of that because it appears that you are...
Is that intended to clarify your objections to the term "die fatigue spikes?" If you have alternate theories, please post them. There's still a...
Yes, howards is Howard Spindel. I don't post here often, but every once in a while I take a look for shield nickel related questions.
1882 filled 2. Definitely not an overdate. See: http://www.shieldnickels.net/1883_2/1882Filled2.html
You obviously don't know me at all if your characterization is "young numismatist." Perhaps you have me confused with someone else. In any event,...
I didn't see any original rant from you. What's your problem with die fatigue spikes? They are well known on shield nickels.
This coin looks like a grease strike to me, not uneven wear. The date is definitely struck-through grease (not PMD). Probably cleaned, as it's...
Love your double-belled euphonium icon. I am a trombone player.
This coin seems to have generated some confusion. Here's what it is: 1868 obverse A with reverse of '67 (IIa) - the common pairing. The spikes...
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I stopped telling dealers about this because some of them were quite hostile, although a few were genuinely interested. This coin is a very...
This is a genuine coin with a two-broken-letter reverse as previous posters have noted. The DDO variety is not listed in CPG or Fletcher (it is...
1869 S2-3002 is an attribution from my Shield Nickel Viewer: http://www.shieldnickels.net/snv/snv.html S2 means second hub pairing (wide date,...
It is quite feasible to cherrypick an 83/2. I have done so several times.
The reason one can't draw reliable conclusions from the appearance of a shield nickel's digits is because the dates were entered by hand, with...
I don't know the metallurgical explanation for why on a doubled die the original hubbing appears at (slightly) lower relief than the second...
My estimates of die life differ slightly from Conder101's but not by much. As low as 10000/die in the beginning, rising to 25000/die by 1883....
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