1868 Nickel With Reverse Of 68

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  1. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

    At first I thought it had a rotated reverse .
    But no cigar .

    Not a bad price for 78 bucks .
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  3. nuMRmatist

    nuMRmatist Well-Known Member

    Nice piece !

    Is that S - hit common ? (CENTS)
     
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  4. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    You can definitely see the missing leaf newly "cut" added to the first set of leaves. Look how sharp compared to the others.
    Broken letters ,star placement, all are clues or pups to determine the different obv. And rev. The c tail is also broken.
     
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  6. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    Yes the cherry pickers guide has a nice write up on this series, which is very helpful to understanding the series.
    This series has actually more undiscovered varieties as it does varieties.
    I have a few my self that just simply amaze me... i did collect these for varieties. 1869 RPD FS 1302 102716.jpg 1869 RPD FS 1306.jpg 1868 RPD F 26.jpg
    Now you tell me where have you ever seen a stacked date of at least 3 different date punched styles?
     
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  7. nuMRmatist

    nuMRmatist Well-Known Member

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    Wow.

    Is that a triple-die ? Or quadruple-die ? Or early attempt by Mint to do 'recycling' lol ?
     
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  8. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

    I'll be back later on .
    Building a bench for the laundry room .
     
  9. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Rick, that's a really nice looking coin.
     
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  10. Mountain Man

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    Good luck on our bench building.
     
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  11. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

    Me and my wife finished the bench yesterday .
    It's 66 inches long, and 12 inches wide .
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  12. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    Nice looking Rick...youre very talented
     
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  13. Paddy54

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    You know I never checked to see if this was a discovery coin. But yeah who's work is this... I've seen some crazy stuff on coins but when I saw this I had to have it....now the other 1869 /1869 heavy over thin date .
    Thats a fs-05-1869-1302 (005.3) fletcher 104
    My pricing on this is so out of date its hard to place a value not that any are for sale they are not.
    There is a thin or tall date 1869 that is rarer as most of the 1869 were heavy fat digits.
    These are fun to collect....but a warning you can get caught up chasing these they can be found in mid grades raw under 100 sometimes less...and varieties are just about on every coin. Die cracks, cuds, ddo's , rpd,
    I recall hunting a varity known as a 1876 bleeder... a very rare mint error in engraving at the mint.
    I found 1 on the bay....but it had damage ....bad damage ...obv.looked unc......the rev. Huges gouges and strached. Ugh....I had to pass on it...way to much damage to make it worth the variety. A 1876 shield is a semi key anyway.
     
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  14. Paddy54

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    I really liked the rays shame that had to be deleted from the original design.
     
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  15. Paddy54

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    1869 rev. II b
     
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  16. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

    Were remodeling the kitchen, laundry room, family room and hallway .
    Best part, it was from a insurance claim from 2014 .

    So far with appliances, floors cabinets, granite .
    15,000,00 dollars and growing ...............
     
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  17. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    That's a great looking bench Rick. You and your wife did very nice work.
     
  18. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

    Were like the odd couple .
    Lol ....
     
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  19. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    I thought that was my wife and me. Lol
     
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  20. Mountain Man

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    Very nice Rick. I thought you meant like a work bench, but that is one nice keister spot for sure.
     
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  21. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Thats too nice for stacking clothes on Rick! Nice work and cool 68'
     
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