Set of 5 Liberty Head Nickels

Minted from 1883 to 1912, the Liberty Head nickel was America’s 5-cent piece before the Buffalo Nickel came into use.  The father of the Liberty nickel was A. Louden Snowden, Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint.  He instructed master engraver Charles E. Barber to design the new 5-cent piece, which Barber accomplished in a spare and simple style.  The elegant design of this coin features Liberty’s head on the obverse and the Roman numeral V within a wreath on the reverse.

This set of 5 mixed date Liberty Head nickels is guaranteed to include the most famous Liberty nickel of all, the 1883 “Racketeer” Nickel.  This coin was originally minted with the Roman numeral “V” on the reverse but without the word “cents”.  This inspired con artists to plate the nickel in gold and try to pass it off as a more valuable $5 gold piece.  Just 5 million of these coins were produced before the Mint realized its mistake.  The rest of the 1883 nickels minted that year (16 million) all had the word “cents” added on.  Each coin in this collection is in Good to Very Good condition and is encapsulated in clear plastic for protection. A free display case is included with each coin.

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