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1880 Shield Nickel

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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 of only 16,000 pieces and attrition from circulation was high, leaving very few surviving examples. The total number of surviving circulation strikes has been estimated […]