Not a die stage at all. It's a working hub stage. No one has ever attempted a census of broken letters on Rev. IIc (it would be an enormous...
The 5 is strike doubled and/or Longacre doubled. Very common. Broken letters on reverse IIc are also very common and result from broken working...
Both of those references are inadequate for distinguishing among a number of very similar varieties, because they do not have sufficient photos.
Ed Fletcher is reported working on a second edition of his book. My SNV is the most comprehensive reference. It is a computer program, not a...
Instead of relying on only on descriptions to differentiate shield nickel hubs, why not take a look at photos?...
This is incorrect. This is the 4th known Obv. B (which only comes with wide date), Rev. IIc, with both an RPD and a DDO. Two out of the three...
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Have to respond to this. Many 1869s are known with a wide date obverse and reverse IIc (it is common). Eight known of them show a DDO. 13 known...
The five major broken letter varieties for the 1868 reverse of 1868 are covered here: http://www.shieldnickels.net/top20/reverseOf68.html...
For those of you who would like to view my photos of Revolutionary Mexican coins, please start at the base web page:...
I am not comfortable with your wholesale linking to various pages within my www.shieldnickels.net website. Here is the page on which I detail how...
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