Charles20 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Anybody have any idea what year this is? Link to post Share on other sites
JKK Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Deductive reasoning leads me to say 1880. The first two digits are automatic. The third looks like it couldn't be anything but an 8. The last could be a 9 or a 0, but there were no 1889 shield nickels, thus 1880 seems to make sense. Link to post Share on other sites
bwolper Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 59 minutes ago, JKK said: Deductive reasoning leads me to say 1880. The first two digits are automatic. The third looks like it couldn't be anything but an 8. The last could be a 9 or a 0, but there were no 1889 shield nickels, thus 1880 seems to make sense. Great deduction. Link to post Share on other sites
Charles20 Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 Ok thank you Link to post Share on other sites
Conder101 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 No way can it be an 1880. Date is way too small and compact. On the 1880 the right edge of the ball is just a little right of the center of the second 8. On this coin it's over the right edge of the third digit. I'd say 1866, 68 or 69. An image of the reverse might help. Link to post Share on other sites
jgrinz Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Looks to be an 1883 to me … Link to post Share on other sites
Conder101 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Can't be an 1883, again the date logotype for 1883 is much wider and has a lot of space between each of the digits. The reverse eliminates the 1866, I believe the reverse hub is the hub of 1870 so 68 and 69 are both still possible. Link to post Share on other sites
jgrinz Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 8 hours ago, Conder101 said: Can't be an 1883, again the date logotype for 1883 is much wider and has a lot of space between each of the digits. The reverse eliminates the 1866, I believe the reverse hub is the hub of 1870 so 68 and 69 are both still possible. You are correct _ I should have looked at my own coin before commenting - I say its NOT an 1883 hhahah Link to post Share on other sites
jgrinz Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Comparing to others of this wear and with Condor101 direction, it looks like it is a 1868 as you can see a right side "8" indent where the nine would not have one. This is now my NEW guess heheh Link to post Share on other sites
