1918/7-D 5C

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Stunning 1918/7-D Buffalo Nickel, A Premium Quality Near-Gem

1918/7-D 5C MS 64 PCGS. Due to the public's seemingly insatiable demand for minor coins during the final years of the First World War, the Engraving Department at the Philadelphia Mint was engaged in the production of both 1917 and 1918-dated nickel dies in the final months of the former year. In order to ship as many working dies to the branch mint at Denver as quickly as possible for the facility's 1918 delivery, the Philadelphia Mint took a 1917-dated obverse die and gave it a second impression from a 1918-dated hub. The Denver Mint received this obverse die, mated it with a reverse die, and produced an unknown number of 1918/7-D Buffalo nickels. Most examples encountered today grade VG-Fine, and it is likely that this overdate went unnoticed until several years after its release.
PCGS lists 27 Mint State 1918/7-D nickels in its Population Report (12/00), several of which probably represent resubmissions. This near-Gem is bettered by only two MS 65 examples, and its eye appeal alone virtually guarantees its place in the Condition Census for this overdate. Sharp and satiny, the surfaces are smooth enough to suggest an even higher grade. Warm, mottled, pastel colors round out this coin's list of positive attributes. A highlight of the Mullen Collection, and the most beautiful 1918/7-D nickel this cataloger has ever handled.
From the Patrick J. Mullen Collection.

Coin Index Numbers: (PCGS# 3939, GSID# 3115)

Metal: 75% Copper, 25% Nickel
Weight: 5.00 grams
Weight: 0.13228oz
Mintage: 8,362,000

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