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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 89016, member: 66&quot;]The 1868 shield nickel comes with three different reverse hub designs, yours is a hub of 1868 only used in this one year.&nbsp; There was only one master hub of this type and it is known for all of the broken letter dies that it created.&nbsp; I believe eventually it got up to seven broken letters before it was retired.&nbsp; From your description I would say that you do have the three broken letter reverse.&nbsp; The top of the S in States retained a thin lower relief strip of metal connecting the serif to the body of the letter when seen under magnification.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;There are literally thousands of die varieties in the shield nickel series.&nbsp; Most people just concentrateon the doubled dies or the repunched dates.&nbsp; I believe there are over fifty different doubled dies for 1872 alone.&nbsp; A variety collector could spend a lifetime just collecting varieties of this series.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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