1866 Half Dollar Patterns
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About This Coin
The 1866 Half Dollar Patterns page brings together the Judd-numbered half dollar patterns dated 1866 in the Reconstruction Era Patterns (1866-1869) series. J-538 is the unique silver half dollar without the motto IN GOD WE TRUST, a fantasy struck for the collector Robert Coulton Davis probably around 1869 or in the early 1870s, after the regular half dollar had taken the motto in 1866. J-539 is the regular With Motto design in copper (USPatterns.com).
Specifications
Strike Types & Varieties(2)
1866 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-538
1866 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-539
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