1873 Shield Nickel
The 1873 Shield Nickel (Buy on eBay) had a slight design change during the year, creating two different varieties. The last numeral "3" in the date appeared somewhat closed at…
1872 Shield Nickel
The 1872 Shield Nickel (Buy on eBay) was produced at only the Philadelphia Mint, like all other issues of the series. It was produced for circulation with a mintage of…
1871 Shield Nickel
The 1871 Shield Nickel (Buy on eBay) had the first mintage of the series that fell below the one million mark. The final mintage was 561,000. The 1871 Shield Nickel…
1870 Shield Nickel
The 1870 Shield Nickel (Buy on eBay) showed another decline from the mintage of the prior years with a mintage of 4,806,000. Despite the fall from the higher levels of…
1869 Shield Nickel
After two years of mintages near 29 million, the 1869 Shield Nickel (Buy on eBay) showed a decline in production to 16,395,000 coins. Like all Shield Nickels, this entire amount…