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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark_h, post: 2558946, member: 3726&quot;]Some interesting stories.&nbsp; Mine is basically back around 2000 I decided to branch from my moderns to something different.&nbsp; About my first 2 purchases were a 1797 S-131 large cent and an 1875 DDO shield nickel.&nbsp; So that lead to some books - specifically the Cherry Pickers Guide and I learned about the missing leaf variety.&nbsp; I searched for years on ebay and other sites before I finally found one.&nbsp; The first one was on teletrade - the bid shot out of this world(in my opinion) for a VF example.&nbsp; Then it was boom - I found 2 on ebay(less than $10) low grade examples, then another on a dealers site(HJB) the 1867 below.&nbsp; So I have 4 now in the last couple of years.&nbsp; I did find one on heritage - a high grade example at MS64 (<a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/shield-nickels/nickels/1867-5c-no-rays-ms64-ngc-ngc-census-265-137-pcgs-population-234-89-mintage-28-800-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-p/a/131617-27063.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/shield-nickels/nickels/1867-5c-no-rays-ms64-ngc-ngc-census-265-137-pcgs-population-234-89-mintage-28-800-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-p/a/131617-27063.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/shield-nickels/nickels/1867-5c-no-rays-ms64-ngc-ngc-census-265-137-pcgs-population-234-89-mintage-28-800-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-p/a/131617-27063.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515</a>) - but it sky rocketed also.&nbsp; And I continue the search - I want to cherry pick several varieties(not just shield nickels) since I don&#039;t want to pay the premiums.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/1866-ML-vert_zps9512f2a3.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/1866-ML-vert_zps9512f2a3.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/coinmarks/1866-ML-vert_zps9512f2a3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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