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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 930383, member: 21705"]If you mean by year, then it's doable. If you mean by date and mint, it's also doable. I you mean by variety, then you can't even get past the early dates where the most complete collection ever assembled was sold last year and was short one example (1793 NC-5) that is unique and in the ANA Collection. It included several unique varieties which are unlikely to ever be reassembled. (ie 1793 NC-2, 1794 NC-7, 1794 NC-2, 1794 NC-10, 1795 S-78c, 1795 NC-1a, 1795 NC-4a, 1795 NC-4b, 1797 NC-7 and 1797 NC-8. There are fifteen others which are nearly unique; 2 or 3 known)</p><p><br /></p><p>Each of these are rarer than the 1913 Liberty 5 Cents and that doesn't include the R7+ where 4 are known and of which there are several.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if your nickel doesn't have a pedigree back to those 5 known coins, I would be HIGHLY doubtful of it's authenticity since these were probably the only ones actually minted and even those under circumstances that weren't quite above board if I am not mixing it up with the 1804 Silver Dollar or many other of the most highly desired coins which do not appear to have been authorized for production.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 930383, member: 21705"]If you mean by year, then it's doable. If you mean by date and mint, it's also doable. I you mean by variety, then you can't even get past the early dates where the most complete collection ever assembled was sold last year and was short one example (1793 NC-5) that is unique and in the ANA Collection. It included several unique varieties which are unlikely to ever be reassembled. (ie 1793 NC-2, 1794 NC-7, 1794 NC-2, 1794 NC-10, 1795 S-78c, 1795 NC-1a, 1795 NC-4a, 1795 NC-4b, 1797 NC-7 and 1797 NC-8. There are fifteen others which are nearly unique; 2 or 3 known) Each of these are rarer than the 1913 Liberty 5 Cents and that doesn't include the R7+ where 4 are known and of which there are several. Now if your nickel doesn't have a pedigree back to those 5 known coins, I would be HIGHLY doubtful of it's authenticity since these were probably the only ones actually minted and even those under circumstances that weren't quite above board if I am not mixing it up with the 1804 Silver Dollar or many other of the most highly desired coins which do not appear to have been authorized for production.[/QUOTE]
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