Tags Racketeer Nickel

I’ve spoken about many of the United States 20th century coins, but noticed I haven’t mentioned many of Charles Barber’s coins. Charles Barber was the Chief Engraver of the US Mint from 1879 to 1917. He succeeded his father, William Barber, as Chief Engraver. He designed many coins including the […]

Collecting Liberty Nickels

September 8, 2018 in Coin Sets / Research tagged Liberty Nickel / Racketeer Nickel / US Nickels by Kevin

1883 saw the last of the Shield Nickels and a new nickel design was introduced by Charles Barber who would also design the dime, quarter and half dollar in 1892. The new Liberty Nickel would have a Roman Numeral V on the reverse to represent 5, but the engraver did […]

Racketeer Nickel

October 5, 2016 in My Collection / Research tagged Counterfeit coins / Liberty Nickel / Racketeer Nickel by Kevin