1872 shield guess the grade

[dooly]

 

well bit of a hard one i know but have a go

[MarkFeld]

MS63?

[CyberspaceVoid]

I'd say MS-64. The final "s" in cents is weakly struck, but all in all one fine looking shield nickel

 

Is that normal for the ring at the top of the shield to be doubled or do you have another error coin?

[physics-fan3.14]

The picture of the reverse is really hard to interpret, but I'll go with 63.

[Coin Trader]

This looks very much like a DDR pictured in CPG (Fifth Ed. Vol. I) page 241 as: "Moderate doubling is evident on the annulet, cross, leaves, and shield, with the secondary image south-southeast of the primary image... URS-7 I-3 L-3 Fletcher 121".

 

CPG lists the above variety at about 130% of normal value in UNC grades.

 

Please note: I am not an expert on this series or identifying CPG varieties. Hopefully someone else will double check and confirm or correct.

 

-Coin Trader

[dooly]

This looks very much like a DDR pictured in CPG (Fifth Ed. Vol. I) page 241 as: "Moderate doubling is evident on the annulet, cross, leaves, and shield, with the secondary image south-southeast of the primary image... URS-7 I-3 L-3 Fletcher 121".

 

CPG lists the above variety at about 130% of normal value in UNC grades.

 

Please note: I am not an expert on this series or identifying CPG varieties. Hopefully someone else will double check and confirm or correct.

 

-Coin Trader

 

hi thanks for the imput .. check out this discussion about it (thumbs u

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=5680590#Post5680590

[dooly]

Well thanks for the guesses .. told you it was a tough one

 

[Walkerfan]

I never would have guess lower than MS 63.

[dooly]

I never would have guess lower than MS 63.

 

your not wrong there ..

[CyberspaceVoid]

Wow, I am shocked! Was luster a problem?

[Coinbuf]

Wow I'm surprised at only a 61, I'd have guessed 64.