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Released in 1883, the first Liberty Head nickels featured the head of Lady Liberty with simply "V" (the Roman numeral for 5) within a wreath on the reverse. Designers assumed that people would understand that the V was to represent five cents, but some people gold-plated the coins and passed them off as five dollar pieces!

Known as "Racketeer nickels," these fraudulent coins caused the mint to immediately add the word "cents" below the V. This design continued until 1913, when it was replaced with the Buffalo nickel.


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Beautiful Key 1886 Liberty V Nickel$349.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 1 watcher
Liberty Nickels Key Dates 1885 1886 1912s $315.00 Ends Sunday 14 bids 30 watchers
500 Estate Purchased Liberty "v" Nickels Circ.$249.99 Ends Sunday 2 bids 2 watchers
Rare 1886 Liberty Head Nickel Fine Full Liberty$202.50 Ends in 4 hours 4 bids 16 watchers
1912 Liberty V Nickel "deep Cameo Proof" Superb Gem Pf$202.50 Ends Sunday 10 bids 29 watchers
1897 Liberty Head Nickel Ms64 Ngc$152.50 Ends Sunday 8 bids 7 watchers
*liberty Head V Nickels *complete Set *date *mint Mark$152.50 Ends Wednesday 17 bids 16 watchers
1890 Liberty V Nickel Solid Gem Bu+++ ** Super Pq!!!$152.50 Ends in 16 hours 7 bids 17 watchers
1912-s Liberty V Nickel. Fine Condition Key Date$132.51 Ends Tuesday 7 bids 8 watchers
Very Rare 1912 S Liberty V Nickel Full Liberty$130.01 Ends in 10 hours 4 bids 7 watchers
Key Date Gem/bu 1912-d Liberty Head "v" Nickel - Nr$123.63 Ends in 7 hours 11 bids 14 watchers
1885 Liberty V Nickel - 5c - Anacs - Ag 3 Details *nr*$119.77 Ends Sunday 10 bids 15 watchers
1885 Liberty V Nickel Gd4 Cleaned Anacs No Reserve $118.26 Ends Sunday 10 bids 14 watchers
1900 Ngc Liberty V Nickel Ngc Ms-64 ** Nice!!!$117.50 Ends in 16 hours 7 bids 18 watchers
Key Date 1885 Liberty Nickel - Ag+ To Good$114.45 Ends Tuesday 9 bids 11 watchers
1912 S Liberty Nickel Vf N/r $108.59 Ends Monday 9 bids 12 watchers
1885 Liberty Head / Barber Nickel Five ?? Cent Piece$100.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 5 watchers
1912 S Liberty Head Nickel , Key Date,full Liberty$100.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 3 watchers
1912-s Liberty Nickel Coin $99.69 Ends Tuesday 6 bids 6 watchers
Sealed Roll Of (40) Barber 25c W/ 1901 On End Key Date?$91.00 Ends in 8 hours 7 bids 9 watchers
40 Liberty Head V Nickels Unsearched - I23$90.00 Ends Sunday 6 bids 3 watchers
1896 Liberty V Nickel Gem Bu ** Super Pq!!!$90.00 Ends Saturday 7 bids 7 watchers
1895 Liberty V Nickel Near Gem Bu ** Super Nice Coin!!!$86.00 Ends in 15 hours 11 bids 24 watchers
40 Liberty Head V Nickels Unsearched - A41$84.00 Ends Monday 4 bids 3 watchers
1910 Liberty V Nickel Gem Bu ** Super Pq!!!$81.00 Ends Monday 12 bids 11 watchers
1912-s Liberty V-nickel$80.99 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 14 watchers
1904 Ngc Proof 64 Liberty Head Nickel$77.09 Ends Sunday 6 bids 16 watchers
1912-s Liberty Nickel$76.99 Ends Sunday 9 bids 12 watchers
1903 Icg Proof 64 Liberty Head Nickel$76.00 Ends Sunday 7 bids 15 watchers
1895 Liberty V Nickel "proof" Solid Gem Pf+++ ** Rare!$76.00 Ends Saturday 4 bids 7 watchers
Key**1888**xf**liberty V Nickle**better Date**$76.00 Ends Sunday 8 bids 10 watchers
1891 Proof Liberty Nickle $75.00 Ends Monday 9 bids 8 watchers
1911 Liberty V Nickel Solid Gem Bu++ ** Super Pq!!!$71.00 Ends Sunday 8 bids 13 watchers
Nice Bulk Lot Of 98 Circ Liberty Head V Nickels Nice!!$71.00 Ends Tuesday 10 bids 2 watchers
65 Assorted Liberty Nickels In Album Circulated$68.00 Ends in 5 hours 6 bids 17 watchers
Rare 1912 S Liberty Nickel$65.10 Ends Sunday 12 bids 7 watchers
1912-s Liberty 5c G06 Pcgs !!! $61.00 Ends Sunday 3 bids 7 watchers
Incredible Gem/bu 1906 Liberty Head "v" Nickel - Nr$60.50 Ends in 7 hours 12 bids 8 watchers
1883 Liberty Nickel-no Cents / Certified Ms-65 / Gem $55.00 Ends Sunday 14 bids 6 watchers
1902 Ngc Ms64 Liberty Head Nickel$51.09 Ends Sunday 4 bids 19 watchers
1912 S Liberty Head " V " Nickel Anacs Vg-8 Key Date $51.00 Ends Thursday 4 bids 4 watchers
1912 S Liberty V Nickel Scratch Vg 8 Anacs No Reserve $51.00 Ends Sunday 5 bids 12 watchers
1895 Liberty V Nickel Gem Bu ** Rare This Nice!!!$51.00 Ends Saturday 3 bids 9 watchers
1883 Liberty V Nickel " With Cents" Choice Bu *key Date$48.44 Ends Saturday 3 bids 5 watchers
1885 Liberty V-nickel$46.00 Ends Monday 19 bids 23 watchers
1888 Liberty Head Nickel Vfine+$41.92 Ends Monday 6 bids 10 watchers
1887 "v" Liberty Nickel--solid Gem Bu++beautiful Toning$41.00 Ends Wednesday 4 bids 9 watchers
1890 Liberty Head Nickel Exfine$40.00 Ends Sunday 8 bids 9 watchers
40 Liberty Head V Nickels Unsearched - I21$37.00 Ends Sunday 5 bids 1 watcher
1898 1912 Us Liberty V Nickel 100 + Coin Lot Collection$36.35 Ends in 16 hours 11 bids 4 watchers
1 Unsearched Roll Of 40 Liberty V Nickels Various Dates$36.09 Ends in 10 hours 8 bids 3 watchers
Liberty V Nickel Big Variety Lot 100 Coins Collection$33.22 Ends Sunday 4 bids 8 watchers
Extremely Nice Better Grade 1897 Liberty Head Nickel$32.00 Ends in 11 hours 13 bids 5 watchers
1883 No Cent's V Nickles Nr #1$31.00 Ends Sunday 6 bids 2 watchers
1888 Liberty Head Nickel Vf$30.90 Ends in 5 hours 10 bids 5 watchers
Key Date 1912-s Liberty Nickel?? Nr!$29.78 Ends Sunday 6 bids 2 watchers
40 Liberty Head V Nickels Unsearched - C38$29.00 Ends Wednesday 3 bids 2 watchers
1912 S Liberty Nickel$27.98 Ends Thursday 2 bids 1 watcher

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