Nice Ebay find purchase

[dwhe...@ipns.com]

Recently purchased from Ebay a Shield Nickel, where the seller wasn't
positive of the date. It is worn. Received coin today, and discovered:
1879!!! YIPEE!! I'll post photos if anyone's interested. Coin date is
barely readable, but IS there.

[les.p...@gmail.com]

Very nice buy... yes, pictures would be appreciated.

Reminds me of this "old hammered coin" I bought on eBay a short while
back: http://www.cointalk.com/t100478/#post849975

Les
Me: http://life-of-coins.blogspot.com/
Stringer for: http://news.coinupdate.com/

[dwhe...@ipns.com]

On May 12, 9:50 am, "les.peters+c...@gmail.com" <les.pet...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Here they are, Les:

http://community.webshots.com/album/577658750DOcZfJ

[Mr. Jaggers]

Dan, I'd recommend you get some additional opinions as to the date of your
shield nickel.

Checking my reference books, I find that the loop of the 9 on an 1879 is no
taller than the upper loop on the 8 on any of the dies that produced them;
your coin has the fourth digit extending much farther down.

There are at least two varieties of 1870 on which the 0 of the date is
shorter and a tad narrower than the other digits, in contrast to the 1870
you have pictured, which sports a taller and wider 0.

My two cents' worth would get a nickel three-cent piece in the change for a
shield nickel, so life's not all bad! 8>)

James

[les.p...@gmail.com]

Thanks! Those are really nice!