1883 Liberty Head V Nickel No Cents - XF Details (Cleaned)
Add one of the most famous first-year varieties of the Liberty Head Nickel series to your collection with this 1883 Liberty Head “V” Nickel No Cents in Extremely Fine (XF) Details – Cleaned condition. Composed of 75% copper and 25% nickel, this historic five-cent piece represents the original reverse design used when the Liberty Head Nickel debuted in 1883.
Designed by Charles E. Barber, the obverse features a left-facing portrait of Liberty wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, surrounded by 13 stars with the date 1883 below. The reverse prominently displays the Roman numeral V, representing the five-cent denomination, surrounded by an agricultural wreath.
The original 1883 Liberty Nickel was famously issued without the word “CENTS” on the reverse. Because the coin stated only V as its denomination, some examples were reportedly gold-plated and passed as five-dollar gold pieces. The Mint soon revised the design by adding CENTS beneath the wreath, creating the two distinctive 1883 varieties collectors recognize today.
In Extremely Fine (XF) Details condition, this example retains considerable original design definition with relatively light circulation wear. Liberty's portrait, hair, coronet, stars, date, reverse wreath, and Roman numeral V remain sharply recognizable.
This example has been Cleaned, meaning its original surfaces were altered through a past cleaning. Cleaning may leave hairlines, unnatural brightness, or other changes to the coin's surface and prevents it from receiving a straight numerical grade. Despite this impairment, the coin retains strong XF-level detail and remains an appealing example of the historic 1883 No Cents variety.
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