Shield Nickel help

DwaineO

Where can I find info about the different varieties for the Shield nickels? I have an 1866 that I wan to research.

Raybo

Here.

Ray

IGWT

Visit Howard Spindel's website here. For books: Ed Fletcher, The Shield Five Cent Series; B. Fivaz & JT Stanton, Cherrypickers' Guide; G. Peters & C. Mohon, The Complete Guide to Shield & Liberty Head Nickels; Q.D. Bowers, Guide Bood to Liberty and Shield Nickels. Ed Fletcher is currently working on a second edition.

howards

Answer copied from across the street...

First of all, do not send this to NGC - it will be a waste of your money and you won't learn what variety it is.

Second, I am guessing from your inset photos of the date that you see a repunched date on this coin. Your photo is not good enough for me to tell whether there is a repunched date or not. If there is a repunched date, then it is one that has not yet been catalogued.

The suggestion above that this might be S1-4001 cannot be true because the date on this coin is much farther west than S1-4001.

In conclusion: either no variety at all or possibly a repunched date. If you are able to provide a much enlarged photo of the date I can probably tell you which. If you are using a scanner, just set the scanner to 1200 dpi.