1869 SHIELD NICKEL VERY FINE

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1869 SHIELD NICKEL VERY FINE. SHIELD NICKELS WERE STRUCK ONLY AT THE PHILADELPHIA MINT, AND MORE THAN 126 MILLION WERE PRODUCED FROM 1866 UNTIL THE NEXT DESIGN CHANGE IN 1883. FOR SUCH A SHORT-LIVED SERIES THERE ARE A SURPRISING NUMBER OF RARITIES. SHIELD NICKELS ARE COLLECTED BY BOTH DATE AND TYPE COLLECTORS. ALTHOUGH A RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED SERIES, IT'S CHALLENGING TO COLLECT BY DATE BECAUSE OF THE SCARCE, LOW MINTAGE ISSUES. TYPE COLLECTORS USUALLY ACQUIRE ONE EXAMPLE EACH OF THE RAYS AND NO RAYS DESIGN. IN 1883 THE SHIELD NICKEL WAS DROPPED IN FAVOR OF ONE FEATURING CHARLES BARBER'S NEW GRECO-ROMAN HEAD OF LIBERTY. THE SHIELD NICKEL, THOUGH, WAS THE FIRST NICKEL FIVE-CENT PIECE, AND WHILE THE DESIGN HAS CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE 1866, THE BASIC 5-GRAM "NICKEL" HAS REMAINED A MAINSTAY OF OUR MODERN COINAGE SYSTEM. I COMBINE SHIPPING WITH MULTIPLE PURCHASES.

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