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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2040093, member: 19250&quot;]Nice example&nbsp;&nbsp; of a 1866 RPD&nbsp; it&#039;s&nbsp;&nbsp; not going to grade higher than an xf through . The wear on the high points stars and Gules. Notice&nbsp;&nbsp; the lines on the Gules are broken.</p><p>next the stars are not full nice lines that bisected the stars are worn. I&#039;m not saying it&#039;s not a great example of an 66 shield just pointing out how a grader would judge it. Yes it has nice fields with original&nbsp; color. Yes it&#039;s&nbsp; an RPD but not an RPD listed in cpg. There&#039;s&nbsp;&nbsp; a lot to explore&nbsp; in shields.</p><p>Frank stated &quot;weak strike &quot; well most were as each die would be wore out between 10,000-15,000 strikes!</p><p>Next the alloy and&nbsp;&nbsp; thickness&nbsp; .750 copper/.250 nickel 20.5 mm weight 5 grams.&nbsp; Compared to 21.2 mm of the Liberty series same weight&nbsp; same medal comp.</p><p>As for the variety&nbsp;&nbsp; it&#039;s&nbsp;&nbsp; not in cpg for this nickel yes some close&nbsp;&nbsp; but go head to head with the listed you&#039;ll&nbsp; see its&nbsp;&nbsp; not. </p><p>For a few months&nbsp;&nbsp; now I&#039;ve&nbsp; been cherry picking shields what I have found is a treasures&nbsp; trove of variety&nbsp; coins.</p><p>I will post some of my finds in days to come. Some are spot on to varieties&nbsp; found in the cherry&nbsp; pickers&nbsp; guide...others are sub sets of rpd,ddo&#039;s and some just off the charts. Check out shieldnickels.net&nbsp; you&#039;ll&nbsp;&nbsp; find that there are&nbsp; many varieties&nbsp;&nbsp; still not found or just 1 found!</p><p>I must admit&nbsp; I&#039;m&nbsp;&nbsp; totally&nbsp;&nbsp; hooked&nbsp; on these nickels.</p><p>The more I explore the more I&nbsp;&nbsp; find..... the more I find the more I search...... warning shields can be habit&nbsp; forming![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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