1876 shield nickel

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claddy

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• Jun 17, 2017

• #1

Found my first shield nickel at a permission that's been pounded by me and was very crusty . Cleaned in lemon juice for an hour and all crud came off .TFL.

 

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ffgrizzley

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• Jun 17, 2017

• #2

Wow. nice find! Funny how one side cleans up great and the other, not so great. Congrats on a first!

 

beastdig

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• Jun 17, 2017

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Congrats on a nice first

 

BBsGal

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• Jun 17, 2017

• #4

Very cool, cleaned up nice!

 

Leave-No-Coins-Behind

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• Jun 17, 2017

• #5

That's a nice oldie your found there!

 

Flyingeagle

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• Jun 17, 2017

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That's a nice one! Been a long while since I found one of those. Great job!

 

matmit

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• Jun 18, 2017

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Nice job, those are not too common