This 1872 Shield Nickel represents a significant find for serious collectors—a certified NGC PF 65 Proof with the documented Doubled Die Obverse (DDO) VarietyPlus VP-012 attribution. The doubling is genuine hub-doubling, not mechanical wear, and carries official NGC recognition. On this pristine Proof strike, the hub-doubled obverse becomes particularly striking, with mirrored fields and crisp devices that showcase the variety's diagnostic characteristics across the obverse design elements. Approximately 950 Proofs were struck in 1872, making certified examples of this caliber increasingly scarce in the collector market.
