Missing leaf

[dooly]

Hi all .. What do you think should NGC allow missling leaf on non DDO and other variety's of shield nickels on the variety + scheme options ? or is it just a silly idea on my part ?

 

 

please vote

[rons]

Where is the missing leaf ? Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

[RWB]

Nobody knows where the missing leaf is --- But on the coins, upper right, at about 2 o'clock position is where it once was. Should be 4 leaves so the wreath is symmetrical.

 

(The wreath was supposed to be olive, but Longacre got some of it wrong, and koalas thought it was eucalyptus and ate the 4th leaf before they could be chased away by Peter the Philadelphia Mint’s stuffed Beagle.)

 

[johnny9434]

that nickel looks awful course to me ( or is it the photo? )

[Conder101]

It's the photo. It has been blown up a little too much and is starting to pixilate.

[dooly]

that nickel looks awful course to me ( or is it the photo? )

 

yep its one of my old scans from my now dead scanner

[Buffalo Head]

Well, not the best with this series, can you or someone post a shield nickel with all the leaves. Thanks....

[WoodenJefferson]

 

(The wreath was supposed to be olive, but Longacre got some of it wrong, and koalas thought it was eucalyptus and ate the 4th leaf before they could be chased away by Peter the Philadelphia Mint’s stuffed Beagle.)

 

I did not know the Mother Mint had a stuffed dog named Peter in addition to a broken down eagle also named Peter...you sir are a wealth of information.

 

And to Dooly, I know squat about these kinds of nickels, there I said it.

[skippy]

Missing leaf varieties are well-recognized by shield nickel collectors, but notoriously hard to attribute. TPGs don't do that well with shield nickel attribution in general, and I wouldn't expect things to get better with MLs.

 

 

[johnny9434]

that nickel looks awful course to me ( or is it the photo? )

 

yep its one of my old scans from my now dead scanner

thanks all (and whew)

[dooly]

Well, not the best with this series, can you or someone post a shield nickel with all the leaves. Thanks....

 

No problem With leaf and without

 

[Lastufka Collection]

When I first read the thread title I was really hoping there was a third newly discovered Wisconsin state quarter variety. Darn. Hah.

[messydesk]

When I first read the thread title I was really hoping there was a third newly discovered Wisconsin state quarter variety. Darn. Hah.

Missing extra leaf? That's the one I have.

[WoodenJefferson]

Well, not the best with this series, can you or someone post a shield nickel with all the leaves. Thanks....

 

No problem With leaf and without

 

 

The one that has the 4th leaf has a missing berry stem?

[RWB]

The mint had a lot of trouble with the Cu-Ni alloy, in part because they refused to listen to advice from European mints that used similar alloys. Also, Joseph Warthen was incessantly pushing his nickel metal, even though he did not have a thorough grasp of how to handle it. Complaints and problems run from 1855 well into the 1880s.

[rrantique]

Well, not the best with this series, can you or someone post a shield nickel with all the leaves. Thanks....

 

No problem With leaf and without

 

 

Missing

 

[dooly]

hi Irvin .. ? has your coin got the die crack through the 7 like mine ?

[rrantique]

That;s an old photo Dooly, will have to let you know when i get it out. (thumbs u

[dooly]

cheers .. would be intresting to see if it is the same Die

[johnny9434]

it is nice to have one. maybe one day

[rrantique]

hi Irvin .. ? has your coin got the die crack through the 7 like mine ?

 

 

No die crack Dooly and new photo does show it has 4 leaves.

 

 

 

[dooly]

Shame .. seems like there is the start of a rim cud on it at about 7 o'clock

[RWB]

Wasn't Leif also missing from Greenland?