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There are lots of random lines on shield nickels. Dies were hurriedly produced and poorly maintained because the mint couldn't keep up with the demand for them. We have lots of pictures of different … (View Post)

AmazonX - it is not at all usual for a clashed die shield nickel to show so many remnants of the upper part of the obverse (showing on the lower part of your photo due to the coin turn). The vertical… (View Post)

And now for the other side of the coin... Here's the best obverse shield nickel clash I know about. (View Post)

The above image (thanks, yosclimber) should convince any of you who are still hanging onto die clash as a possible cause. In the rightmost photo, the spikes off the flag of the 5 are at a 45 degree a… (View Post)

I've reproduced one of the images above. The assertion above is that the lines through the stars are die polishing lines. This is backwards - they are the result of insufficient polishing. The origin… (View Post)