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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CheetahCats, post: 874235, member: 23874&quot;]Below please find 3 close-up images of an 1883 Shield Nickel specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p>While grading the specimen, I noticed that it looked a bit &#039;quirky&#039;.&nbsp; So I scoped it, and the results include these three photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>As seen with the Shield nickel series, die cracks are apparent on this strike.&nbsp; That said, upon inspection, I thought that the motto strike looks a bit odd to me...</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I&#039;m not avering there&#039;s anything wrong with the specimen, however, that said, as Shield nickels are a little &#039;out of the box&#039; for me, thoughts and input are appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>* Note that the lighting on this specimen is a little cold and sterile.&nbsp; The light source comes from a white LED that illuminates the stage of the stereo microscope.&nbsp; The photos were taken by aligning the lens of the SLR to the left eyepiece of the scope.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>- CheetahCats</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://home.comcast.net/%7Enumismatica/pwpimages/Scoped-1883-Shot1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://home.comcast.net/%7Enumismatica/pwpimages/Scoped-1883-Shot2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://home.comcast.net/%7Enumismatica/pwpimages/Scoped-1883-Shot3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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