CAC. Flashy nickel-white surfaces with a faint golden hue. Popular short-lived ‘Rays’ sub-type.

Well struck with satiny surfaces.

Lustrous with choice surfaces that have an attractive rose hue.

Sharply struck with original reflective surfaces that are devoid of significant marks. An even 1,000 minted.

Vibrant luster with a faint golden hue. A modest 561,000 minted and very elusive in high grade.

Well struck with lustrous crisp nickel-white surfaces. Marks are few and trivial.

Well struck and lustrous.

Lustrous with a light gold dusting.

Attractive mirrors with faint green, lavender, and gold hues.

Intense blazing luster over essentially flawless surfaces with frosted design features and beautiful subtle pastel hues. Super quality with just a single 67+ Cameo grading finer at PCGS.

CAC. Blast nickel-white with intense deep mirrored fields and gorgeous frost on the design.

Sharply struck with no significant marks and vibrant satiny luster.

Sharply struck with satiny white luster and no significant marks. A tough coin at this level with a single MS-67 being the finest graded at PCGS.

Bright nickel-white surfaces and a sharp strike on this low mintage proof. Just 700 minted.

A lovely Premium Gem with a light gold hue that illuminates brilliant mirrored fields and frosted design features. A proof-only date and the ‘key’ to the Shield Nickel series.

Nice brilliant surfaces and nearly mark-free with strong cameo contrast. A rare proof-only date with a mintage of just 510.

CAC. A nice brilliant proof with frosted devices and reflective fields. Surfaces display splashes of light lemon-gold hue and a touch of light ice-blue tint. A proof-only date with just 2,350 minted.

Brilliant white and virtually perfect! A proof-only ‘key’ date with a mintage of just 2,350.

An original Premium Gem with a great strike and flawless shimmering surfaces. 3,200 proofs were minted for the year and about half are overdates.

Battleship-gray.

Well struck with rich satiny luster.

Bright flashy surfaces with strong cameo contrast.

Nearly flawless with blazing nickel-white luster and very deep reflective surfaces.

Sharply struck with nice clean surfaces and blazing nickel-white luster.

Well struck and nearly mark-free.

Sharply struck and very lustrous.

Sharply struck.

Crisp nickel-white surfaces.

Sharply struck with rich nickel-white luster.

Lustrous nickel-gray surfaces.

Sharply struck and lustrous.

Lustrous.

Blazing nickel-white luster over nearly flawless surfaces.

Sharply struck with rich lustrous surfaces. Old green label holder.

Sharply struck with white satiny luster and splashes of light gold hue over nearly pristine surfaces.

Attractive and lightly toned. Housed in an old green label holder.

Blast white with light frost on the design and nearly flawless surfaces.

A beautiful and very flashy Gem Proof.

Very well struck with blazing mint luster and nearly flawless surfaces.

Light champagne hue with field and device contrast.

Sharply struck with rich satiny luster.

CAC. Sharply struck nickel-white surfaces with only trivial marks.

Sharply struck with reflective surfaces.

FS-301. There are several 1883/2 overdate Shield nickel varieties, and the FS-301 is the most popular of those, having the sharpest 2 visible left of the 3 in the date. This is a beautiful example with blazing nickel-white luster with just a very faint golden hue and wonderful eye appeal.

A well-detailed and nearly mint state example of this popular over-date. The 2 is clear and positioned left of the 3. An interesting obverse die-break runs from the rim, through the top of the 3, and into the bottom of the shield.

CAC. Intense flowing luster with a beautiful ice-blue tint. The strike is needle-sharp and the surfaces are nearly pristine. Fantastic quality!

A beautiful example of this better date with rich lustrous surfaces and a sharp strike.

Well struck and devoid of significant marks with a rich luster patina that has a faint hue of gold and a tiny touch of lavender.

Flashy with lightly frosted devices.

Strong mirrors and light gold toning.

CAC. Sharply struck with rich lustrous surfaces that are devoid of significant marks and have a faint golden hue. Outstanding for the grade!

Sharp detail with just the barest trace of wear and nice original surfaces.

The second lowest business strike mintage in the series behind the 1912-S. However, the 1885 is far rarer as collectors kept the 1912-s since it was the last date in the series and the only San Francisco Mint Liberty Nickel. This example is well struck and has fewer marks than expected for the grade.

Super flashy mirrored surfaces with touches of light gold hue and a great strike. A wonderful example of this ‘key’ date.

A ‘key’ date with pleasing battleship gray surfaces. More commonly seen in lower circulated grades. This is a very desirable higher end circulated example.

Well struck and lustrous. A better date that is more often seen in proof than as a high grade business strike.

A well detailed better date with battleship-gray surfaces.

Sharply struck with nice nickel gray surfaces.

Sharply struck with bright lustrous surfaces. A semi-key date that is more available in the proof format than as a mint state business strike.

Well struck with light golden toning and lustrous surfaces. An attractive example of a ‘key’ in this popular series.

Well struck with reflective surfaces that have a light gold hue.

A quality example of this better date with rich luster and a great strike.

Creamy nickel luster with minimal marks.

Satiny luster and a sharp strike with a brush of gold on the reverse.

Sharply struck with lustrous satiny surfaces.

Dazzling brilliant and highly reflective fields surround lightly frosted devices. Nearly perfect surfaces display subtle gold hue. None have graded numerically finer at PCGS or NGC.

Flashy nickel-white luster and a needle-sharp strike.

Very attractive with choice original surfaces.

Sharply struck with nearly flawless proof surfaces. Housed in an old green label holder.

Sharply struck and lustrous nickel-white surfaces display a splash of subtle gold hue and great eye appeal. Nothing graded numerically finer at PCGS.

Old ‘rattler’ holder. Subtle champagne toning and reflective fields. Miss Liberty displays light frosting.

Very well struck with bold detail.

Very sharply struck with a light gold hue.

Housed in an old green label holder.

CAC. Incredible quality with a needle-sharp strike and very flashy surfaces that are nearly perfect. The design is frosted and the fields are deep mirrored and watery. A very light golden tint attests to the coins originality and enhances its strong eye appeal. Tied for the finest CAMEO graded at PCGS plus CAC approved!

Sharply struck and lustrous.

Very flashy with gold and blue tints.

Well struck with nearly mark-free silky smooth surfaces and a light gold patina.

Crisp nickel-white luster.

Well struck with lustrous nickel-gray surfaces.

CAC. Lustrous and sharply struck.

Well struck and nearly mark-free with lustrous nickel-white surfaces.

Well struck with silky smooth lustrous surfaces.

Lustrous and sharply struck.

Sharply struck with lustrous surfaces and a light gold hue.

CAC. Incredible quality with essentially perfect blazing nickel-white surfaces. A single Proof-68 is all that has graded finer at PCGS.

Brilliant surfaces with mostly faint blue hue on the obverse and mostly subtle gold hue on the reverse.

Very sharply struck with clean and flashy surfaces.

Virtually mark-free surfaces exhibit blazing luster with a subtle gold hue and a sharp strike. Incredible quality with only 2 PCGS MS-67+ coins graded finer.

CAC. Sharply struck and lustrous with nearly pristine surfaces.

Lustrous and well struck with silky smooth light golden surfaces.

Sharply struck with blazing mint luster.

CAC. Lustrous and sharply struck.

CAC. Nickel-white luster and a sharp strike with nearly pristine surfaces.

Sharply struck surfaces with a subtle gold hue.

Deeply mirrored surfaces reflect the glow of a subtle gold hue. Virtually mark-free and wonderful eye appeal!

A light gold hue overlays fields with brilliant reflections and lightly frosted design elements.

Sharply struck and mark-free with subtle pastel tones when tilted under a light.

Sharply struck and flashy with a light golden tint.

CAC. Reflective fields and frosting on the devices.