FREE: 1901 Liberty "V" Nickel- 113 Years Old!!!

The listing, 1901 Liberty "V" Nickel- 113 Years Old!!! has ended.

Here is a good-fine condition V nickel.Blackened a little with age.Worth $1.75- $5.70 or more ungraded.These V nickles that I list may not be the exact coin the winner gets.I have several of the same year.Good luck!


The Shield nickel, introduced in 1866, was the first base-metal five-cent piece in U.S. history; up to then, the half dime—a small silver coin—had filled the nation’s need for that denomination. Though reasonably well accepted, the Shield nickel was hardly untouchable; its stark, bland design made it a prime candidate for remodeling. And its newness did not protect it from replacement: At that time, there was not yet a federal law establishing a minimum life expectancy for U.S. coin designs.

Snowden admired Barber’s new design, and he also welcomed the change because it gave him a chance to increase the diameter (and thus reduce the thickness) of the nickel. He believed that this would lengthen die life dramatically.