1883-1912-D "V" NICKEL COLLECTION ONLY 3 MISSING - NO RESERVE!

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Take a look at this collection of Liberty Head "V" nickels minted between 1883 and 1912. All the coins are in CIRCULATED, collectible condition, hand selected with great details and eye appeal. Only three coins are missing - 1885, 1886 and 1912-S - for a total of 30 coins in the collection including 1883 with cents and 1883 no cents. The coins are housed in a nice Whitman Coin Folder. Take a look at the pictures we took for you and see for yourself. We are certain you will like what you see! The Liberty Head nickel, sometimes referred to as the V nickel due to its reverse design, was an American nickel five-cent piece. Officially, it was minted from 1883 to 1912; a few patterns were struck in 1881 and 1882, and five pieces were surreptitiously struck in 1913, which today number among America's most fabled numismatic rarities. The Liberty Head nickel's composition was the same as that of other U.S. five-cent nickels: 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel. In early 1883, the Liberty Head nickel was first struck for circulation. The first 5.4 million pieces struck contained the Roman numeral V on the reverse, but did not contain the word "CENTS". Con artists quickly noted this, as well as the fact that the coin was roughly the same size as a five-dollar gold coin, and began gold-plating the new nickels and attempting to pass them read more