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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7323508, member: 10461"]<a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces14852.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces14852.html" rel="nofollow">Numista-14852.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A decent lower grade example of the first-year type with rays on the reverse. This was America's first non-silver 5-cent piece, referred to as a "nickel", though technically "nickels" are 75% copper and only 25% nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>My friend <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/19250/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/19250/">Patrick Jenkins</a> says, <i>"Your 1866 Shield nickel is an </i>FS-05-1866-304 (001.3) ...<i> Shields have some great varieties, this definitely worth more being 1st reverse with Rays and the repunched date. $125 +/-".</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>The <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/nickels/shield-five-cents-1866-1883/815918/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/nickels/shield-five-cents-1866-1883/815918/" rel="nofollow">FS-304</a> variety attribution refers to its number in the Fivaz-Stanton <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cherrypickers-Guide-Varieties-United-States/dp/0794843182" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Cherrypickers-Guide-Varieties-United-States/dp/0794843182" rel="nofollow"><i>Cherrypicker's Guide</i></a>, and would indicate that this is an 1866/1866 repunched date variety. I am not an examiner of die variety minutiae myself, but that's rather interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279798[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279799[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279800[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279801[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279802[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279803[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279808[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7323508, member: 10461"][URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces14852.html']Numista-14852.[/URL] A decent lower grade example of the first-year type with rays on the reverse. This was America's first non-silver 5-cent piece, referred to as a "nickel", though technically "nickels" are 75% copper and only 25% nickel. My friend [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/members/19250/']Patrick Jenkins[/URL] says, [I]"Your 1866 Shield nickel is an [/I]FS-05-1866-304 (001.3) ...[I] Shields have some great varieties, this definitely worth more being 1st reverse with Rays and the repunched date. $125 +/-". [/I] The [URL='https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/nickels/shield-five-cents-1866-1883/815918/']FS-304[/URL] variety attribution refers to its number in the Fivaz-Stanton [URL='https://www.amazon.com/Cherrypickers-Guide-Varieties-United-States/dp/0794843182'][I]Cherrypicker's Guide[/I][/URL], and would indicate that this is an 1866/1866 repunched date variety. I am not an examiner of die variety minutiae myself, but that's rather interesting. [ATTACH=full]1279798[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1279799[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1279800[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1279801[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1279802[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1279803[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1279808[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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