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Early Nickel Types

  • 1883-1913 Liberty Head Nickel with Cents Good Image 1

    1883-1912 Liberty Head Nickel with Cents Good

    In 1883, the new nickel featured only a large Roman numeral "V" for the five-cent denomination. Racketeers gold-plated these coins and passed them off as $5 gold pieces. Folklore has it that Josh Tatum was the most notorious of those crooks — because he...

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    1883 Liberty Head Nickel No Cent Good Image 1

    1883 Liberty Head Nickel No Cent Good

    In 1883, the new Liberty head nickel featured only a large V for the 5 cent denomination. Swindlers gold-plated the coins and passed them off as $5 gold pieces. Later that year, the word "cents" was added and remained for the rest of the series. This...

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    Liberty Head Nickels 10 Different in Folder Image 1

    Liberty Head Nickels 10 Different in Folder Good

    Includes the famous "No Cents" first V issue (when first circulated, some were gold-plated by crooks and passed off as $5 coins). Minting was quickly halted and the word CENTS was added to later issues. Well-traveled Good quality. Our choice of ten...

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  • 1883 No-Cents Liberty Head Nickel XF

    1883 No-Cents Liberty Head Nickel XF

    The original, collector favorite "cents-less" nickel had only a large V to indicate its face value. Crooks quickly took advantage of the newly issued 1883 Liberty Head nickel by plating a number of coins to pass off as $5 gold pieces. The Mint would...

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    1867-1883 Shield Nickel with No Rays Good

    1867-1883 Shield Nickel with No Rays Good

    Minted after the Civil War to replace fractional currency, this was America's first nickel 5 cent piece. The Mint's chief engraver, James B. Longacre, created the obverse design based on his previous 2 cent piece: shown is the familiar U.S. shield...

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    1882 & 1883 Shield Nickel Pair Very Fine

    1882 & 1883 Shield Nickel Pair Very Fine

    These coins were the first "true" nickels. Previous five-cent pieces were tiny silver half dime coins. The Shield nickel was introduced right after the Civil War to help replace the paper fractional currency that had replaced hard currency due to...

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    1883 "No Cents" & "with Cents" Nickel Pair Good

    1883 "No Cents" & "with Cents" Nickel Pair Good

    1883 No Cent Liberty Head Nickel G – In 1883, the new Liberty head nickel featured only a large "V" for the 5 cent denomination. Since they closely matched the size and design of a $5 gold piece swindlers gold-plated some and passed them off as those...

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    1883 With Cent Liberty Head Nickel Goodds

    1883 With Cent Liberty Head Nickel Goodds

    After problems with the original "No Cent" V nickel a second type was output later in 1883. The word CENTS was added to the reverse engraving to keep racketeers from gold-plating them and passing them off as $5 gold pieces. These Type II Good quality...

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    1912 P, D & S Liberty Head Nickel Trio Good

    1912 P, D & S Liberty Head Nickel Trio Good

    1912 Philadelphia, Denver & San Francisco Liberty Head Nickel Trio Good. For all intents and purposes, the 1912 Liberty Head nickel was the final date of the series, and though not nearly as famous or valuable as the...

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