1883 LIBERTY HEAD FIVE CENTS
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SPECIFICATIONS:
Designer: Charles E. Barber
Diameter: 21.2 millimeters
Metal content:
Copper - 75%
Nickel - 25%
Weight: 5 grams
Edge: Plain
Mint mark: None (for Philadelphia) on the reverse below the button to the left of CENTS
Liberty Head 5 Cents (V Nickel)
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Key Dates And Varieties:
1883 No CENTS The word "CENTS" was omitted from the reverse on the first coins, but was added later in the year.
1883 Repunched Date
1884 Repunched Date
1884
1885
1886
1886 Repunched Date
1887 Double Die Reverse
1888
1890 Repunched Date
1897 Repunched Date
1898 Repunched Date
1899 Repunched Date
1900 Double Die Reverse
1912-S
1913 Only 5 example known.
FACTS:
The first 1883 issue of the Liberty "V" Nickel didn't have cents. This design without a denomination designation, and with the obverse resembling the gold coin issues of the time, some individuals gold plated this "cent-less" 1883 to pass it off as a gold coin. As a result the CENTS where added to the reverse.
