Shield Nickel Value
Your old Shield nickel value starts at $11 each. This minimum value is assigned to a common date, heavily worn coin.
Discover an 1879 or 1880 in your group and the value climbs rapidly to $250 to $400 or more.
The Shield Nickel, minted from 1866 to 1883, was America's first American five-cent coin that did not contain precious metals.
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Shield Nickels 1866-1883 Coin Guide
Shield Nickels 1866-1883
Union and Confederate guns fell silent in April 1865, but the civilian population was slow to give up certain behavior acquired during the four years of bloody civil war.
Shield Nickel 1870
Shield Nickel 1874
1872 SHIELD NICKEL (TAKE A LOOK!) CLEAR DATE ...
Shield nickels were only struck in the Philadelphia Mint, and more than 126 million were produced from 1866 until the next design change in 1883. For such a short-lived series there are a surprising number of rarities.
Value of Shield nickels
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Shield Nickels (1866-1883)
Like the two-cent piece and nickel three-cent piece, ...
Shield nickel: the U.S. Five Cents pieces struck from 1866 to 1883.
show: a numismatic convention. See: Bourse.
sight seen: an offer for a coin subject to verification and acceptance of the grade.
Shield nickel Common name for the Shield five-cent coin struck from 1866 until 1883. The 1866 and some 1867 coins have rays between the stars on the reverse and are referred to as Rays type (or With Rays type).
1866 Shield Nickel w/ Rays MS-66 PCGS
Fully struck with outstanding eye appeal. It is a very early die state and one of the finest there is.
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Shield nickel (1866-1883)
Main article: Shield nickel
The shield nickel, designed by James B. Longacre, was the first nickel five-cent piece minted in the United States, in accordance with the Act of May 16, 1866.
Shield Nickel: None
Liberty Nickel: Below the dot to the left of "CENTS" on the reverse; 1912-dated coins only ...
The Shield nickel, introduced in 1866, was the first base-metal five-cent piece in U.S. history; up to then, the half dime, a small silver coin, had filled the nation's need for that denomination.
Like the Shield nickel, Liberty nickels are graded in circulated condition by wear. Cleaning, marks, rim dings, laminations and stains can effect the value in any given grade.
* 1866-1883 Shield Nickel Fine, shield on the obverse, stars on the reverse, $130 for 1881 date (1877 proofs can go for $3500 in MS-64)
* 1794 Flowing Hair Half Dime, $1175 Good ...
In 1883 the shield nickel was replaced by a nickel with a representation of Liberty on the dated side and a Roman numeral "5" on the reverse (See 1883 Racketeer Nickel). The Liberty Head nickel was made until 1912.
Shield Nickels - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark.
Liberty Nickels - all coined at Philadelphia except the 1912-S and D, on the reverse side to the left of the word "cents".
Barber completed the request later that year with all three coins stuck in copper-nickel which was the same as the Shield Nickel currently in circulation. The Shield Nickel, introduced in 1866, was the first "nickel" sized coin.
The first "Nickels" were the Shield Nickels minted from 1866 to 1883. Rarities in this series include the 1866 Proof and the 1867 "With Rays" Proofs. Numerous, interesting varieties exist, including 1879/8 and 1883/2 overdates.
For instance, we now believe that among the Shield Nickels, Judd 417 and 419 are back-dated fantasies and Breen 2466 may be a mule fantasy.
This new Congressional Act provided for the coining of the shield nickel, a
class of interest-bearing Treasury Notes and the addition of the motto In God
We Trust on all U.S. coinage large enough to carry it. The Mint took ...
First, the 1877 is one of the most famous dates in American numismatics-due primarily to the lower denominations-the Indian cent, nickel three-cent piece, and Shield nickel-which have been highly prized for generations.
Three Cents (Nickel) - Business Strike
Three Cents (Nickel) - Proof
Shield Nickel - Business Strike
Shield Nickel - Proof
Liberty Nickel - Business Strike
Liberty Nickel - Proof ...
The design is similar to the shield nickel of the same period.
Two cent pieces were minted in both proof and regular issues.
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... first nickel in American history. The first Shield nickel ... lower mintage than any Liberty
Head nickel except for the 1912 ... S and the 1913 if you want ...
The half-dime was replaced by a five-cent piece, the shield nickel. The twenty-cent piece was a mistake from the beginning, shunned by the public immediately because it looked so much like a quarter.
series
One coin of each year issued from each mint of a specific design and denomination, e.g., Shield Nickels 1866-1883.
sight seen
Available for examination prior to a final purchase decision.
 See also: Shield, Nickel, Coin, Liberty, Silver
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