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<p>[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 2202954, member: 19250"]I just Cherry picked this one today, It's an 1868 Reverse of 68 Shield FS-901 I have up loaded another reverse of an 68/68 using red arrows to show star placement to lettering. This is the* Hub llb * The variety 1 one broken letter in the {C in cents}is a dead give away. However it also depends on the star placement.In the 68-901-(002.94) you'll notice that the #2 star points to the center bottom of the foot of the "F" in of. This variety is the most common of the 6 known reverse hubs of the 1868 reverse of 68 shield nickels.It accounts for about 48% minted of the 68 reverse of 68's Shields Nickels. I will also upload a image of an Hub lla and show you how to ID in a very easy way if the 1867,68,and 69 shields have an reverse of* Hub lla.* The hub lla is[ATTACH=full]429377[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429378[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429382[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429383[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429385[/ATTACH] found on 1867,68,69 shields is easy to spot as you'll notice that the again star #2 the upper left point of the star is broken off. The top tip of the star points towards the left foot of the letter F in of. and is almost passed the bottom left foot of the F.</p><p>Notice in the image above how the #2 stars upper left point is broken. However the other two reverse images that star point is sharp.</p><p>Today's Cherry pick not a huge deal by value but I could triple my investment if I wanted to flip it,due to the variety.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 2202954, member: 19250"]I just Cherry picked this one today, It's an 1868 Reverse of 68 Shield FS-901 I have up loaded another reverse of an 68/68 using red arrows to show star placement to lettering. This is the* Hub llb * The variety 1 one broken letter in the {C in cents}is a dead give away. However it also depends on the star placement.In the 68-901-(002.94) you'll notice that the #2 star points to the center bottom of the foot of the "F" in of. This variety is the most common of the 6 known reverse hubs of the 1868 reverse of 68 shield nickels.It accounts for about 48% minted of the 68 reverse of 68's Shields Nickels. I will also upload a image of an Hub lla and show you how to ID in a very easy way if the 1867,68,and 69 shields have an reverse of* Hub lla.* The hub lla is[ATTACH=full]429377[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429378[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429382[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429383[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429385[/ATTACH] found on 1867,68,69 shields is easy to spot as you'll notice that the again star #2 the upper left point of the star is broken off. The top tip of the star points towards the left foot of the letter F in of. and is almost passed the bottom left foot of the F. Notice in the image above how the #2 stars upper left point is broken. However the other two reverse images that star point is sharp. Today's Cherry pick not a huge deal by value but I could triple my investment if I wanted to flip it,due to the variety.[/QUOTE]
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