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1866 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-476

Strike Type

Coin Details

Year
1866
Denomination
Patterns
Mint Mark
P
Strike Type
Proof
Series
Reconstruction Era Patterns (1866-1869)
Designer
James Barton Longacre
Composition
Nickel
Edge
Plain

Auction Record

Price realized
$13,500
Sold
Grade
PR65
Auction house
Bowers & Ruddy

Description

The 1866 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-476 is a proof five-cent pattern struck outside the Mint from Mint dies, as USPatterns.com believes, part of the Reconstruction Era Patterns (1866-1869) series. It pairs a Washington obverse with IN GOD WE TRUST with the regular reverse without rays used from 1867. Judd lists it in nickel with a plain edge, and USPatterns.com rates it R-8. USPatterns.com ties these pieces to dies Joseph Mickley bought from the Mint as scrap; many of them went into the Crosby collection. USPatterns.com confirms only the Crosby-Garrett example. It is catalogued as Judd-476, Pollock-566. Cataloged as PCGS #60672.

Rarity Notes

R-8 (USPatterns.com)

Cross References

Judd-476; Pollock-566

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