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1868 Proof Cent Pattern - J-607

Strike Type

Coin Details

Year
1868
Denomination
Patterns
Mint Mark
P
Strike Type
Proof
Series
Reconstruction Era Patterns (1866-1869)
Designer
James Barton Longacre
Composition
Aluminum
Edge
Plain

Description

The 1868 Proof Cent Pattern - J-607 is a proof cent pattern struck at the Philadelphia Mint, part of the Reconstruction Era Patterns (1866-1869) series. Its obverse borrows Longacre's Liberty head from the nickel three-cent piece, wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, and its reverse shows a plain Roman numeral I inside an agricultural wreath of wheat, corn, cotton and tobacco. USPatterns.com knows only one aluminum example, the Woodside coin. It is struck in aluminum with a plain edge. USPatterns.com lists it as unique. It is also catalogued as Pollock-672 and Taxay EP509. Cataloged as PCGS #60819.

Rarity Notes

unique (USPatterns.com)

Cross References

Judd-607; Pollock-672; Taxay EP509

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