[IMG] [IMG] Two different gargantuan shield nickel RPDs.
I am not sure why these would be credited to Google images. Perhaps you found them with a Google image search? The correct attribution is my...
It's a Liberty nickel, not a shield nickel.
Not the same die.
It's a piece of the die crack you can see running through the 1. Not an RPD.
Would be interested in reading your list if you would like to post. Don't have time to watch a 20 minute video.
It's not an 1883/2. The photos are good enough to verify that.
Nice DDO. Best guess at attribution is F-113. S2-1025, 28-O-IV (Fletcher, SNV, CONECA respectively).
It is real. Not worth sending in for grading, though. That would cost more than the coin is worth.
IMO, the coin shows AU details. I can't tell from the photos whether there is an RPD or not. If there is, it's very minor and would not be worth...
It is a nice RPD. It catalogs as F-104, FS-005.3, and S2-3000. There is no MPD on the coin.
My math was off too. In 1867, die life was about 10000 coins. With 25 million minted, that's about 2500 dies. As the years went on the mint did...
Make money by studying shield nickels? That's a laugh. I lose money every year on my SNV reference work. The only opportunity to make money...
Yes.
The SNV reference has a lot of information about die states, but only of those dies that also exhibit a significant variety (e.g., DD, RPD,...
It looks to be an 1873 Open 3. The rims look okay to me. There would be no reason for it to appear in Cherrypickers' Guide - I don't see any...
I agree with AU, and yes, it is an 1868 reverse of 67. The spikes on the reverse are what I call die fatigue spikes. They occur where a deep...
Looks like a die crack to me, not a lamination. I'd grade it F-12. The reverse actually grades a bit higher than that (not much).
There is some doubling on some letters, but the easiest way to see this variety is in the doubled stars below T (UNITED) A (STATES) and M (AMERICA).
Yes, this is FS-005.9! This DDR comes paired with 3 different obverses - this is the first one. One has a better chance of cherrypicking these...
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