1866 Shield Nickel

[toasted]

First one in nearly a year. Tough coin to dig. Found some buttons, toasted colonial copper and out in the middle of the field away from the site came the nickel. Its a stars with rays variety so its either 1867 or most likely 1866. Ive found around 20 shield nickels over the years but most of them came from my 19th century fairgrounds site

 

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[VTColonialDigger]

That's an awesome coin!

 

[Rookster]

Very impressive. Congrats

 

[Hawks88]

Wow. Nice old nickel save. Congrats

 

[Steve in PA]

They are a tough coin to dig, at least for me.

 

[dirtlooter]

gotta love it when you can see it well enough to semi ID it. congrats on the awesome find

 

[Yak1366]

Great find, Congrats!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice collection of Shield Nickel finds!

 

[A2coins]

Good job my Friend I always like finding those and they aren't easy here in Mi either. Well done

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Nice find, I’ve only found 1 Shield Nickel. Congrats

 

[Whyme]

Nice nickel! Congrats!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Davers]

First one in nearly a year. Tough coin to dig. Found some buttons, toasted colonial copper and out in the middle of the field away from the site came the nickel. Its a stars with rays variety so its either 1867 or most likely 1866. Ive found around 20 shield nickels over the years but most of them came from my 19th century fairgrounds site

Just 1 Shield would make me happy .
Great Hunting.
&
I'm with Bonepicker the 'Cut Shield ' is IMO At least as good as the Gold Dollar , as "Better" is a matter of opinion.
Ill keep my opinion to myself . LOL

 

[toasted]

Just 1 Shield would make me happy .
Great Hunting.
&
I'm with Bonepicker the 'Cut Shield ' is IMO At least as good as the Gold Dollar , as "Better" is a matter of opinion.
Ill keep my opinion to myself . LOL

Agreed is all a matter of opinion but Id rather of found my cut tree coin over my gold dollar if I had to choose

 

[Truth]

I love Shield Nickels. My favorite nickel and I’m a nickel guy. Only been blessed with one with beautiful rays. Congratulations

Wait a minute I thought those were wheaties at the bottom and just looked again and realized those are all shield nickels. You make me sick. Spoiled East Coast.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

.... Ive found around 20 shield nickels over the years ...

Sick. Absolutely sick. Typical east coaster. "Shield nickels" in every sandbox, eh ?

 

[against the wind]

Nice save,, don't know how many I have dug over the years but it has to be more than any Californian

 

[Jyverb64]

You don't see a lot of Shield nickels and that's a nice collection

 

[Jamie1993]

Congrats on the shield nickel. It's still on my bucket list.

 

[WHADIFIND]

For some reason, the shield nickel has long been a favorite of mine to find.

Good job!