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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ana Silverbell, post: 2919108, member: 75156&quot;]I am not an expert on shield nickels but have you looked at <a href="http://shieldnickels.net?" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://shieldnickels.net?" rel="nofollow">http://shieldnickels.net?</a> One point made in this source is: &quot;An important thing to understand about the mint&#039;s use of the design hubs in the shield nickel series is that it was not until the introduction of Obverse C and Reverse IIc in 1869 that the mint created master dies and working hubs. Prior to 1869 working dies were created directly from master hubs. So, features such as broken letters on coins prior to 1869 can be traced back directly to deterioration of the master hub, and such features can be used to place coins properly in an emission sequence.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>From this and other research, my understanding is there is a lot of variety and EDS LDS features as the master die deteriorated, so it is not always easy to place your nickel in a particular, recognized error. Your coin is a nice specimen with a mint error that makes it desirable (in my opinion).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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