Whats going on with shield nickels ?

[skippy]

The "star funkiness" is in the master hub and appears on all shield nickels with rays reverses.

[dooly]

cheers Howard

 

well got this one from the USA today

 

 

what a blatant RPD not 100% on the variation yet will look it up now

 

[dooly]

well done some research and i am going to say it is Flecher F-06 and unfortunately not a VP that NGC do

[skippy]

It's not F-06. On F-06, the date is farther east, and the RPD is more toward straight north.

 

I could not locate this variety in any listings. It's possible I missed it - there are a lot of '68 RPDs.

 

[dooly]

It's not F-06. On F-06, the date is farther east, and the RPD is more toward straight north.

 

I could not locate this variety in any listings. It's possible I missed it - there are a lot of '68 RPDs.

 

Cheers Howard, i wish in Flecher there was a full picture of the coin as well as the date and that would help me get the position of the date a lot better

[skippy]

 

Cheers Howard, i wish in Flecher there was a full picture of the coin as well as the date and that would help me get the position of the date a lot better

 

Exactly why I created SNV.

[dooly]

Yes its a great thing to have ..

[dooly]

got this one tonight on a bin in the US.

 

not sure if there is something going on at the date probably die cracks .. but it was cheep

sellers picture

 

a little blow up

 

[dooly]

This has to be the most bizarre combination listing i have see in a long while

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1867-U-S-SHIELD-NICKEL-POST-CIVIL-WAR-ZIMBABWE-10-000-000-000-000-BANKNOTE-/170852157515?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item27c795084b#ht_1279wt_952

[skippy]

Don't all shield nickel collectors also collect Zimbabwe notes?

[dooly]

[dooly]

Well all quiet on the shield frount at the moment

 

but did get my error label coin back from NGC today

 

thanks for the Quality service (thumbs u

 

 

now i am tempted to get all my old NCS problem coins reholdered now as they look a lot better .. or should i crack them out and re submit .. never know one may get through

[dooly]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-COINS-DATED-1870-SHIELD-1936-BUFFALO-1984-CANADA-NICKELS-/280901375915?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item416706d7ab#ht_500wt_1202

 

Would you say this was a fake shield >> looks a wrong one to me ?

[L1ncolnF4n]

Looks counterfeit

[skippy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-COINS-DATED-1870-SHIELD-1936-BUFFALO-1984-CANADA-NICKELS-/280901375915?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item416706d7ab#ht_500wt_1202

 

Would you say this was a fake shield >> looks a wrong one to me ?

 

Not a very good image to tell from, but I'm pretty sure it's genuine and damaged.

 

I like your coin in its new holder better!

[dooly]

Hi all .. been very poor on the old shield front for a while now .. but did get this one today for £1.99 opening bid ($3.10)

 

 

lets see how it looks in the hand

[dooly]

There you go i said it was quiet and this little gem turned up as a BIN ..

 

nice to see some good pictures for a change

 

 

cannot make my mind up on the variety at the moment

 

Close up

 

 

[benjmurts]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-COINS-DATED-1870-SHIELD-1936-BUFFALO-1984-CANADA-NICKELS-/280901375915?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item416706d7ab#ht_500wt_1202

 

Would you say this was a fake shield >> looks a wrong one to me ?

 

cleaned at best

[dooly]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-COINS-DATED-1870-SHIELD-1936-BUFFALO-1984-CANADA-NICKELS-/280901375915?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item416706d7ab#ht_500wt_1202

 

Would you say this was a fake shield >> looks a wrong one to me ?

 

cleaned at best

 

yep think so to .. shame

[dooly]

Well had a look for my new error coin and for the life of me i cannot find it in fact the closest one is one from my collection and that's no where near

 

 

[skippy]

Dooly, I don't see your latest acquisition listed anywhere. Another new find! New RPDs do show up all the time still, since there are many that are not catalogued.

[dooly]

Thanks Howard . I am not doing to bad this year (thumbs u

[dooly]

Well this cheep one came super quick

 

 

Nothing mega but a nice 1869 "Wide date" should conserve well

 

reverse is a little more interesting IIC with 4 broken letters EDSR

[hrw1997-migration]

I have noticed a trend where even the graded coins seem to be priced absurdly high.

[skippy]

Nobody has ever done a study of broken letters on the shield nickel reverse of '70.

 

Since the mint went to the master hub/master die/working hub/working die setup with this hub (previously they used master hub/working die), then letters can break in all different sequences as the different working hubs broke.

 

I think I hear Dooly volunteering to take on this project :-)

 

[dooly]

I have noticed a trend where even the graded coins seem to be priced absurdly high.

 

yes (thumbs u BUT when you look at other series (of the same age) you can sort of understand what people are expecting them to be worth. and for graded "mint error" ones .. there is no guide price not even some sort of scale IE: RPD add 25% TPD add 30%.

 

I had a chance of a very good error not long back it was a at least MS-53 missing leaf type on a 1869.

 

NGC price for 53 $100

Missing leaf ? say $50

= $150

 

But had been cleaned and totally ungradable but i did not have a 1869 ML so what to bid ? i bid up to £80 = $124 way over for an ungradeble coin Eh! did i win it NO. now people with a MS-50 ish coin see that price and think that one made it so mine should make that kind of money not knowing it was a error

[dooly]

Nobody has ever done a study of broken letters on the shield nickel reverse of '70.

 

Since the mint went to the master hub/master die/working hub/working die setup with this hub (previously they used master hub/working die), then letters can break in all different sequences as the different working hubs broke.

 

I think I hear Dooly volunteering to take on this project :-)

 

O Howard you have started something now

[skippy]

Missing leaf shield nickels usually bring stronger money than you might expect. You bid about a 50% premium for the variety - I usually see them go for at least a 100% premium.

 

Somehow ML varieties have always a little less appeal for me. It's not as much fun to look at something that's not there as opposed to wide-spaced DDO. :-)

[dooly]

Missing leaf shield nickels usually bring stronger money than you might expect. You bid about a 50% premium for the variety - I usually see them go for at least a 100% premium.

 

Somehow ML varieties have always a little less appeal for me. It's not as much fun to look at something that's not there as opposed to wide-spaced DDO. :-)

 

Yes a Well moved date is such a nice thing to find but people seem not to miss them to often where as the ML seems to be missed because as you say its just not there

 

I will change my bidding on them now after your advice .. guess i was being cheap (as usual)

 

Picked up this rotten coin today but at £3.20 i will give it a good home .. and a little better date than usual

 

[dooly]

Well my new Unrecorded 18/18 (thanks Howard) came this morning from the USA

and i have to say i like it, not to many die cracks but some interesting die polishing ? marks (brown)