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1865 3 Cent Nickel Variety

On the side, I have been dabbling in varieties of Shield nickels and 3 cent nickels again, an obsession about 10 to 20 years ago. Here is an 1865 reverse I recently picked up. Huge cud in the 10:00 to 11:00 area. Also several radial die breaks. The die didn't likely last very long in this state. Anyone know if this is a documented variety? Is it represented int he latest CPG? Oh, it is also clashed.

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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    I have no idea but I would love to read some answers from people who know.
  • TheRegulatorTheRegulator Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭

    According to The Cud Book, it looks like TCNC-1865-13RA-Ret. The retained cud later expands to meet up with the die cracks at K-12:30 and K-9and is given the -13RB designation. Those dies really took a beating.





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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139
    Tahanks! I am going to have to pick up that reference. "-13RB" means....?
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  • TheRegulatorTheRegulator Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭

    The 13RB designation just means that it's a different die stage (stage B) of the same die variety.

    TCNC denotes Three Cent Nickel Cud.
    1865 denotes the year.
    13RA denotes the variety- in this case, the 13th cud variety for that type/year, cud is on the reverse (R), die stage A.
    Ret denotes a retained cud.
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  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭✭
    cool cud.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    TTT because I have been thinking about 3CN's recently.

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