Just received my latest addition to my Variety Type Set - A real neat Shield Nickel!

DIMEMAN · April 18, 2019 7:36AM

This coin has it all as far as a variety. Both obverse and reverse. The obverse has a wild repunched date on all 4 digits. The reverse is is the reverse of 68 variety and is either the FS-902 or FS-903. The C & S on CENTS is completely broken and the 1st "S" in STATES is almost completely broken. I really like this coin as it is also a pretty nice grade. Your thoughts? Thanks for looking.

rln_14 · April 18, 2019 7:44AM

pretty cool coin, i like the date, congrats on ur pickup

291fifth · April 18, 2019 7:45AM

The varieties are interesting but the coin appears to be overgraded. As someone who once collected Shield Nickels very seriously I would have never accepted that coin as an AU55. I was never a fan of TPG grading of circulated Shield Nickels.

DIMEMAN · April 18, 2019 7:53AM

@291fifth said:
The varieties are interesting but the coin appears to be overgraded. As someone who once collected Shield Nickels very seriously I would have never accepted that coin as an AU55. I was never a fan of TPG grading of circulated Shield Nickels.

I think if you saw the coin in hand you would change your mind. It has lots of mint luster that I did not capture in the photo.

291fifth · April 18, 2019 7:57AM

@DIMEMAN said:

@291fifth said:
The varieties are interesting but the coin appears to be overgraded. As someone who once collected Shield Nickels very seriously I would have never accepted that coin as an AU55. I was never a fan of TPG grading of circulated Shield Nickels.

I think if you saw the coin in hand you would change your mind. It has lots of mint luster that I did not capture in the photo.

Photo quality certainly does vary. From those photos the coin appears very dull with no luster,

thisistheshow · April 18, 2019 7:58AM

@DIMEMAN said:

@291fifth said:
The varieties are interesting but the coin appears to be overgraded. As someone who once collected Shield Nickels very seriously I would have never accepted that coin as an AU55. I was never a fan of TPG grading of circulated Shield Nickels.

I think if you saw the coin in hand you would change your mind. It has lots of mint luster that I did not capture in the photo.

I like it. And an AU coin with luster is always a nice coin imo.

DIMEMAN · April 18, 2019 8:05AM

@291fifth said:

@DIMEMAN said:

@291fifth said:
The varieties are interesting but the coin appears to be overgraded. As someone who once collected Shield Nickels very seriously I would have never accepted that coin as an AU55. I was never a fan of TPG grading of circulated Shield Nickels.

I think if you saw the coin in hand you would change your mind. It has lots of mint luster that I did not capture in the photo.

Photo quality certainly does vary. From those photos the coin appears very dull with no luster,

I can certainly see how you would think that based on my photo. I have a hard time capturing luster on a blazing MS67 Mercury Dime.

cmerlo1 · April 18, 2019 8:26AM

Nice!

dbldie55 · April 18, 2019 9:15AM

I am sure none of my FS-90x varieties are also a RPD. Pretty cool.

DIMEMAN · April 18, 2019 9:17AM

@dbldie55 said:
I am sure none of my FS-90x varieties are also a RPD. Pretty cool.

Would you call this a 902 or 903 reverse?

dagingerbeasttt · April 18, 2019 9:18AM

Double whammie variety, nice pick up

Outhaul · April 18, 2019 9:19AM

Mongo approved

jabba · April 18, 2019 9:20AM

I like the Doubles on coin nice pickup

asheland · April 18, 2019 11:53AM

Nice pick up!

Hemispherical · April 18, 2019 11:55AM

That is a very nice Shield nickel pickup!

Full date RPM and letter breaks.

Leaning to FS-902 since there is a bit of the top of the S still there.

CoinFacts FS-902

CoinFacts FS-903

BigDowgie · April 18, 2019 1:38PM

Nice addition!

dbldie55 · April 18, 2019 1:53PM

I would call this the FS-902. My 902 has a "thin" top to the S as well, but my 903 is completely missing it.

koynekwest · April 18, 2019 3:12PM

Very nice! Be sure to keep an eye out for some of the MONSTER doubled dies to be found in this series.

Traz · April 18, 2019 3:23PM

Yo dime you doing a complete set? I’m doing one in the side. Not much competition but if it’s on the label it’s been rough lately. Been cherry picking myself.

DIMEMAN · April 18, 2019 8:31PM

@Traz said:
Yo dime you doing a complete set? I’m doing one in the side. Not much competition but if it’s on the label it’s been rough lately. Been cherry picking myself.

No, this was just for my Variety Type Set. I'm looking at a real neat w/rays variety for the other Shield Nickel.

Eric_Babula · April 18, 2019 8:43PM

@DIMEMAN said:

No, this was just for my Variety Type Set. I'm looking at a real neat w/rays variety for the other Shield Nickel.

Is your Variety Type Set made up of all PCGS holdered coins? How are you storing/displaying the set? I was planning on working on a Type Set, but will probably be all raw coins......we'll see.

mannie gray · April 18, 2019 10:15PM

Nice coin.
I like it....Shield Nickels are awesome!

ricko · April 19, 2019 5:33AM

Very nice coin Jon.... a two-sider makes it special.... Cheers, RickO

DIMEMAN · April 19, 2019 1:55PM

@Eric_Babula said:

@DIMEMAN said:

No, this was just for my Variety Type Set. I'm looking at a real neat w/rays variety for the other Shield Nickel.

Is your Variety Type Set made up of all PCGS holdered coins? How are you storing/displaying the set? I was planning on working on a Type Set, but will probably be all raw coins......we'll see.

Right now my Variety Type Set is in the Showcase section under Varieties. I plan on putting them in the Type Set section under 7070 no Gold later.

Eric_Babula · April 19, 2019 2:01PM

@DIMEMAN said:

Right now my Variety Type Set is in the Showcase section under Varieties. I plan on putting them in the Type Set section under 7070 no Gold later.

Oh, I was wondering how you kept them for personal display. Maybe you don't....lots of people keep their "valuable" (term is relative - my "valuable" could be your "junk" depending on how much $$$ you have to spend!) collections in safety deposit boxes, etc. When I finally get to it, I'll likely not have a high end Type Set, so I'll put my raw coins in a Dansco 7070 album.....probably. You know, if I win the lottery, all bets are off, and I'll be able to afford much nicer things!

WaterSport · April 19, 2019 2:15PM

Its fun to do these coins in a Showcase set of any title, group, etc. as we can see them, and the collector can share them. Nice coin Jon.

WS

crazyhounddog · April 19, 2019 6:13PM

That is too cool, Jon😎😎

CaptHenway · April 19, 2019 9:00PM

Nice!

Raybo · April 19, 2019 10:32PM

I love Shield Nickels for some strange reason.
Maybe because that they are so cool?

howards · June 4, 2019 11:52PM

Nice RPD!

The reverse is neither FS-902 nor FS-903. Instead it is a transitional between those two varieties. CPG lists a transitional between one and two broken letters (the "step tail" C) but no other transitionals. Perhaps that will change in a future edition of CPG.

howards · June 4, 2019 11:55PM

It is difficult to be positive from the provided photos, but I think the RPD is S2-3005 (SNV) and F-104 (Fletcher). Not listed in CPG.

DIMEMAN · June 5, 2019 5:22AM

@howards said:
It is difficult to be positive from the provided photos, but I think the RPD is S2-3005 (SNV) and F-104 (Fletcher). Not listed in CPG.

Thanks for your input Howard. I will try and get the description on the photo changed. I have the 3005 and 104 on there already, but need to change the 900 info for the reverse.

Just received my latest addition to my Variety Type Set - A real neat Shield Nickel!

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