Is This 1868 Shield Nickel A Doubled Die??
Rob41281
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It looks to me like it is however I can’t find anything similar looking through CoinFacts. It looks like split serifs to me on all the letters of IGWT as well as the arrowheads. 
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It appears to be.
Looks like one to me.
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Yep! There are a lot of doubled dies on shield nickels.
Looks like it to me too. I belive that @howards may be of assistance.
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It is. Check the reverse. If United States shows doubling also, it is listed as FS-05-1868-105. It is a very sought after double die.
There are 2 coins shown on PCGS CoinFacts for FS-105.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1868-5c-ddo-ddr-fs-105-003-95/38351
The EF-45 shows some doubling on TRUST, STATES, and CENTS, although it might be machine doubling.
The VF-30 shows some doubling on STATES.
Neither shows the arrow split tip doubling or the TRUST split tip doubling as shown in @Rob41281's photos.
The CoinFacts coins might be misattributed, though.
NCG Variety Plus does not have photos for FS-105, just a written description.
It does have enlarged photos of 13 different 1868 DDO varieties.
It is the best online resource for this that I have seen,
yet it does not have photos for an 1868 DDO variety that matches yours.
https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/nickels/shield-five-cents-1866-1883/819550/?page=1
@howards
Howard's site has a table that lists counts for different 1868 DDOs by ID number,
but no photos or descriptions, other than codes like 14-O-IV .
Howard's ID system uses S1-10xx for DDOs and S1-70xx for DDO+DDR for 1868 rev 67,
so he lists about 41 different DDOs (S1-1000 to S1-1040) and about 9 DDO+DDR combinations for 1868 rev 67.
For 1868 rev 68, the variety numbers are S2-10xx and S2-70xx,
with about 20 different DDOs and one DDO+DDR combo.
http://www.shieldnickels.net/snvarpop/SNVarPop.htm
@Rob41281 - can you tell us if your coin has the reverse of 67 or 68?
1. Reverse of 1867 - star above center of 5 points to E
2. Reverse of 1868 - star above center of 5 points to S
That certainly appears to be a doubled die.... Nice find. Cheers, RickO
Absolutely a doubled die. There are many doubled dies in the Shield series.
Nice coin!
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@yosclimber I believe this is the reverse of 67?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/rs8199/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
Yes, definitely.
Thanks for posting the reverse photo.
This will make it possible for someone who knows the 1868 rev 67 DDOs better to
identify if it is a known variety.
Yup definitely! Shield Nickel DDOs are usually very visible on the ring on top of the shield.
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That’s what I’ve noticed doing research but this one doesn’t have any.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/rs8199/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=