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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2269414, member: 19250&quot;]I have posted this before in another&nbsp; thread,but will explain&nbsp; in details here so everyone&nbsp; will have this to go back and look at this specimen&nbsp; and see the difference&nbsp; that makes this a new discovery .</p><p>There are several reverses&nbsp; for the shield nickel.</p><p>Hub l are all 1866 and some 1867 coins</p><p>This is the first hub or reverse&nbsp; that had &quot;Rays&quot; between the stars.</p><p>The without Rays hubs....</p><p>Reverse of 1867 some&nbsp; 67&#039;68,and 1869 coins this is hub lla</p><p>Reverse of 68 llb this makes up only a small&nbsp; percentage&nbsp; of 1868 coins. Roughly&nbsp; around 3 million coins total&nbsp; of 6 varieties .</p><p>Reverse&nbsp; hub llc some 69,and all 1870-1883 coins.</p><p>Now to determine&nbsp; what hub you&#039;re&nbsp; looking at one must know how&nbsp; to identify .</p><p>You use the position&nbsp; of the stars in relation&nbsp; to the lettering&nbsp; on the reverse.</p><p>Hub l below the left foot in the A in States</p><p>Below the right foot of the E (S) in states</p><p>Below&nbsp; the left of the upright&nbsp; of the (F) in Of</p><p>Below the AM in America</p><p>Below&nbsp; the left foot&nbsp; of the R in America .</p><p>And again Hub l has the rays</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse&nbsp; hub lla without&nbsp; Rays</p><p>Below the left foot&nbsp; of the A in States</p><p>Below the right foot of the E (S) in states</p><p>Below&nbsp; the left of the upright&nbsp; of the F in Of</p><p>Below the&nbsp; left&nbsp; foot of the R in America .</p><p>This hub is one of the easiest&nbsp; to ID as the star below the O in of has a broken point at the 10 K position .</p><p>this hub is found on all 1867 WE some 68 all 69 narrow date and some 69 wide date.</p><p>Reverse&nbsp; hub llb</p><p>Below&nbsp; the A in States</p><p>Below the left serif of the second S in states</p><p>To the center of the F in of</p><p>below&nbsp; the right&nbsp; edge&nbsp; of the foot of the M in America</p><p>Below the right&nbsp; of the upright&nbsp; of the R in America</p><p>hub llb is found with both broken and solid letters and on some 68 nickels.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse&nbsp; llc</p><p>below the left base of the A in States</p><p>below&nbsp; the right&nbsp; foot of the E (S) in states</p><p>Below the left of the upright&nbsp; of the F in Of</p><p>Below the M in America</p><p>Below&nbsp; the right side of the upright&nbsp; of the R in America</p><p>the first S in states is doubled&nbsp; Slightly along&nbsp; the left side</p><p>Denticals&nbsp; are doubled, hub llc is found with both solid and broken&nbsp; letters , it&#039;s found in some 69 and all 1870- 1883.</p><p>Some 1868 dated nickels&nbsp; are said to exist&nbsp; with this hub but bit confirmed.</p><p><br /></p><p>To my knowledge&nbsp; of this series......and references&nbsp; I own....</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin the op has posted is an obv. Hub B with a rev hub llc a wide date ,with a repunched&nbsp; date,and a ddo.</p><p>This combo has until now not been known to exist.</p><p>And it makes this coin 4 varieties&nbsp; on one coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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