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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2123580, member: 19250&quot;]Rusty I truly don&#039;t&nbsp; think so. There are devices on each of the numbers&nbsp; that lead me to believe&nbsp; a repunched&nbsp; date. When other images are posted&nbsp; out of&nbsp; the 2x2 we can better see&nbsp; the date to determine . Again shields&nbsp; are a great series&nbsp; to collect. I myself&nbsp; do buy specimens with MD. The reason&nbsp; being&nbsp; another specimen&nbsp; to catalog . These coins have a lot going on. They were the first nickels struck in copper/ nickel alloys . They are&nbsp; slightly thicker then nickels that&nbsp; were struck after this series . They also are smaller&nbsp; in diameter . </p><p>Shields are one series&nbsp; that&nbsp; one must study. They&nbsp; have a lot of different&nbsp; devices&nbsp; that need to be looked at. I have more specimens dated 1866- 1869 then other dates.</p><p>The reasons&nbsp; I have found that these years have some unreal varieties . Yes other years have varieties&nbsp; also but not as many. One that stands out is the 1876 bleeder. Only 17-30 known&nbsp; to&nbsp; exist . 1876 is a better date shield but the bleeder&nbsp; variety&nbsp; it in the top 20 variety&nbsp; known.</p><p><br /></p><p>But again there are&nbsp; more varieties&nbsp; that are undiscovered&nbsp; ,&nbsp; then&nbsp; have been cataloged to exist. This is what makes collecting this series so much fun!&nbsp; Besides great specimens are relatively&nbsp; cheap. So being able to collect&nbsp; a hoard of specimens&nbsp; without breaking your coin budget.</p><p>I am waiting&nbsp; now to hear back on the 4 nickels that I sent in last week to be attributed . I&#039;m&nbsp; also waiting&nbsp; on the two dimes&nbsp; I sent in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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