I bought this nickel a few days ago at the summer FUN Show. It has XF details and I got it for 10 bucks! Later, my brother noticed that there was doubling on 8. It doesn't look like strike doubling to me, but what do I know? The douling is south of last 8 of 1868. And if I'm not mistaken, there is doubling southwest of 6 as well. Thank you for your help.:bow: http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x314/coinman101/?action=view¤t=shieldRPDnickel003.jpg http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x314/coinman101/?action=view¤t=shieldRPDnickel006.jpg http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x314/coinman101/?action=view¤t=shieldRPDnickel007.jpg
Could be hamman88 but that series is rife with RPDs. Go into a coin shop or show that has a good selection of Shield Nickels with a 16X loupe. You'll probably find one or more. You will actually find that in a lot of the coins from that period. Two cent pieces and Three cent nickels had their share. I have several 1871/71 Two Cent pieces. Listed as "rare" but can't say I agree. A good loupe will find a lot of this stuff.
RPDs are common on Shield Nickels, and there are a bunch of them for the 1868. Yours looks like a RPD to me, but I wouldn't really assign any premium to it. A specialist may pay you a few extra dollars for it, but thats about it. Nice find though. I like looking for varieties like that.
Coinman. If you are talking about the 1868 that is on page #224 then I would say you maybe right, however these are very common in shield nickels, and if you look you will see also that the interest rating in very low on this nickel. How there are some that might pay more if they needed it however there is no way to tell unless you try.You did say you got this coin in ex-fine for $10.00 then you got a very good deal because a ex-40 in this year sells for about $50.00 to $60.00 you did get a good deal. BRUCE.
According to this: http://www.shieldnickels.net/cpg/cpg.htm, it's worth $75 in EF condition. However, my nickel has a very minor corrsion spots. Also, nothing sells for what it's listed at. I tried few searching ebay for an 1868 rpd in every way, hardly anything came up. Anyone know what my nickel might be worth?
As stated before I think repunched dates are very common and most sellers will not even list RPD. Looks yours is different from mine. I bought mine because of this die crack - mine is F/VF. I have maybe 3 or 4 1868's. The question is is it a reverse of 1868 - I think that adds a little premium too, but only for someone shopping for these. To see if it is a reverse of 1868 look at the star at 12:00 position - if it points to the E in states it the reverse of 1867. If it points to S then it is reverse of 1868 - which according to the CP guide this makes up about 10% of the population. Depending on the corrosion on how some might price it.
Was just looking at heritage - XF corroded coins went 30-40, but depending on your coin in could be less. You saw very few 1868's with attributes on the holders.
