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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kirkuleez, post: 2088225, member: 36864&quot;]IMO, unless you are working on completing a proof set of shields, buying a very well circulated 1878 for hundreds of dollars would not be a very good buy. Sure it&#039;s a proof only issue, but the mintage is 2,350 pieces. This is a very large mintage for proofs of the day and one of the most common among shield nickel proof issues. The only reason that it has such a large premium is that it is included in many albums. You would be better off finding a nice unimpaired proof of another date for about the same money. </p><p><br /></p><p>A similar story for the 1877, though it has a mintage of only 510 pieces. This one was tough to come by. It took almost two years to get this one to complete my shield nickel proof set (minus the 67 with rays of course, can&#039;t afford that one) It a PCGS PR-65 CAM.&nbsp; Sorry I don&#039;t have an image of the reverse handy. [ATTACH=full]390413[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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