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1864 Proof Cent Pattern - J-356b

Strike Type
1864 (P) Patterns coin

Coin Details

Year
1864
Denomination
Patterns
Mint Mark
P
Strike Type
Proof
Series
Civil War Patterns (1860-1865)
Designer
James Barton Longacre and other Mint engravers
Composition
Copper-Nickel
Edge
Plain

Description

Judd-356b is the 1864 Indian Head cent in copper-nickel on a thin planchet, here in proof format. It is a regular-die 1864 cent in copper-nickel on a thin planchet; on March 17, 1864, Mint Director James Pollock sent Treasury Secretary Chase four nickel cents of 48 grains as specimens of a reduced weight. It is struck in copper-nickel with a plain edge; USPatterns rates it R-7. Catalogued as Judd-356b, Pollock-426A, Taxay EP381.

Rarity Notes

R-7 (USPatterns.com)

Cross References

Judd-356b; Pollock-426A; Taxay EP381

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