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First Shield Nickel

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Lee1968

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I found my first Shield Nickel this afternoon. I found it in a farmer's field of all places. I am cautious about trying to clean it up much, but with a jeweler's loupe, I was able to make out the 1866 date. (Another give away were the lines between the stars. They only did that in 1866-1867.) I am happy happy happy! :D


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Congrats on the shield, she is a beauty.

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A first year shield nickel is a very nice find. You have a good date ID so leave it alone.
 
Congratulations on uncovering a first-year shield nickel as your first one ever! :woot: Very nice find.
 
Congrats on a very nice find with that Shield Nickel. That one is in pretty nice shape. It is a coin I have yet to recover in my 11 years in this hobby. Trapper
 
ToySoldier said:
A first year shield nickel is a very nice find. You have a good date ID so leave it alone.
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Lee1968 said:
Definitely will leave it just the way it is. I already put it away.
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Congrats, Lee - what a fabulous Shield!! I love the variety with the rays between the stars - I hope I get a chance to find one of those!! Awesome that you were able to get a date off of yours!

My only Shield find was in my first year detecting and it was dateless, and I basically ruined it trying to bring the date out. TS gave sound advice to leave it be...and glad to hear you already decided to go that route!
 
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