No Date Nickel

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Back in January I got this Shield from an eBay lot. This wasn't the coin I was after but it came with the lot.
It's a No Ray Shield Nickel. There are 2 types of Shield nickels, one has rays surrounding the 5 and the other doesn't. The one with rays were minted in 1866-1867, the no-rays were minted from 1867-1883.

All Shield nickel have an initial value of $18.00 in G-4(all letters in motto readable).
The 1880 nickel has a G-4 value of $450.00.

Notice that this nickel is in very bad shape. It is still identifiable but no date can be read and the motto is almost gone. I'll estimate it would barely grade PO-1(poor). If it had a date it would be a AG-3(almost good).

Here's the stats for this coin...
Type: 5 cents
Year: 18??-Unknown
Mintages: Unknown
Metal: 75% Copper 25% Nickel
Value: $1.50-$3.00 in PO-1 or PO-2

It only has value because it is identified as a shield nickel if it was this bad and a Morgan dollar it would on be worth it's metal value.

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Somewhat Recent Finds

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In January these are all the coins I found in my change.

1. 1942 Canadian 1 Cent valued at $0.10 in VG-8
   
2. 1998 Canadian 5 Cents valued at $0.15 in MS-60
3. 2002P(ND) Canadian 10 Cents valued at $1.00 in MS-63
4. 1989 Singapore 50 Cents valued at $0.45 in XF
5. 1946 Canadian 1 Cent valued at $0.10 in VG-8

Mostly Canadians, also the oldest Candian coin I ever found was at that 1942 and it was at Starbucks.

The strange one was the fifty cents piece from Singapore
Here's a shot of the edge with some writing. It says REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE (lion's head).

Here's the stats for this coin...
Type/Country: 50 cents / Singapore
Year: 1989
Mintage: 20,046,000
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Value: $0.45 in XF

A note to all you New Yorkers Scott A. Travers will spend two valuable pennies this weekend. He already spent a 1914D cent valued at $350.00 buying a pretzel from a clueless vendor in Time Square . He will spend this weekend a 1908 cent and a 1909S VDB cent valued at $200.00 and $1000.00 respectively. This is why I always check my change.

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