1868 Shield Nickel
The 1868 Shield Nickel (Buy on eBay) was produced in quantity at the Philadelphia Mint only. The mintage was 28,817,000 coins, representing the second highest Shield Nickel mintage in the…
1867 Shield Nickel
The 1867 Shield Nickel (Buy on eBay) was the second issue of the new series of five cent pieces. An alteration to the reverse design took place during the year,…
1866 Shield Nickel
The 1866 Shield Nickel (Buy on eBay) was the first year of issue for the new five cent denomination struck in a composition of copper and nickel. There were 14,742,500…
1880 Shield Nickel
The 1880 Shield Nickel (Buy on eBay) is the well-known key date of the series and one of the rarest circulation strike nickels ever produced. There was a scant mintage…
1877-1878 Proof Shield Nickels
The 1877 and 1878 Proof Shield Nickels (Buy on eBay) are two issues of the series which were struck in proof format only. By this time, economic uncertainties had eased…