✅ SOLVED Shield Nickel?

[Frankyg]

Hi guys, I found this coin the other day near to a George 3rd penny on a farm in Anglesey. Both at a similar depth. I think it's a Shield Nickel from the USA? Any ideas?

 

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[Frankyg]

The back is completely toasted and not worth a pic.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Yep, nice find, should be slightly smaller in diameter than a modern nickel and thinner

 

[xr7ator]

Correct ID. Nice find!

 

[GopherDaGold]

No rays so probably post-1866. Nice find.

 

[Frankyg]

Thanks everyone. I wonder how it came to be in a field on a farm on an island off the North Wales coast.... This is why I love metal detecting.

 

[A2coins]

Good find I've found stuff in places where you would never expect part of the fun of the hobby like a 1907 patato machinery award token from the James town exposition in a park in Michigan I could go on and on. Nice coins. Tommy