1870 Nickel Patterns
Base
About This Coin
The 1870 Nickel Patterns page groups the five-cent pieces dated 1870 in the Standard Silver Patterns (1870) series, struck at the Philadelphia Mint from the regular Shield nickel dies in copper, aluminum, nickel on thin planchets and steel or pure nickel (J-805 to J-808). USPatterns.com regards these off-metal pieces as strikings made for sale to collectors in complete sets, cent through double eagle, rather than true die trials.
Specifications
Strike Types & Varieties(4)
1870 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-805
1870 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-806
1870 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-807
1870 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-808
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