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It's a normal but worn 1866.

Strongly rotated (< 90 degrees) shield nickels are scarce. I would pay a premium for one.

Unusual shape AND unusual denomination:

For lighting I use two tensor lamps bounced off a mirror. The mirror prevents hotspots.

If it is a die crack, which I can't verify from your photos, it is not considered a variety worth cataloguing by a TPG. It also would be of very little interest to other collectors, and you would be hard-pressed to find anyone who would pay a premium for it. You might even find that it commands a lower price due to the fact collectors of this proof likely prefer premium examples with superior eye appeal. A die crack would detract.

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Yes, MD. Welcome to the forum!

Very cool, Dave. Always glad to see more information published about shield nickels! I noticed that under "NGC attribution" some of them use VP numbers and some use FS numbers as NGC numbers. Any meaning attached to that? Thank you for including the SNV numbers in the details! Howard S.

Not sure where you think an RPD might be. If you're asking about the semicircular mark northwest of the 2nd 8, it doesn't match the shape of any of the digits. Possibly die damage. If you're asking about the 2, it's very common for that 2 to be mushy. It's called a "filled 2". More info here: http://www.shieldnickels.net/1883_2/1882Filled2.html

Looks like 1883 to me. Reverse pic?

What's your question?

It's not a coin. It's a medal. Probably privately produced, but someone else may know for sure. Value is likely minimal.

Ability to see both enlarged obverse and reverse would be useful, and save a lot of time.

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How old is your Photoshop? It should work in Win 10. If it's a driver issue, you probably need to find a TWAIN driver for your scanner. You could investigate setting Photoshop to run in compatibility mode with an earlier version of Windows (on the property panel of the Photoshop executable). A more likely source of incompatibility is that your scanner is so old that drivers are not available for Win 10. Is that the case? Having said all that, I agree with the above poster who says cameras yield much better results.