1871 Half Dime Patterns

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The 1871 Half Dime Patterns page groups the half dime patterns dated 1871 in the Trade Dollar Era Patterns (1871-1873) series, all struck at the Philadelphia Mint. Longacre's Indian Princess design, cut into dies by William Barber, who succeeded Longacre after his death in 1869, appears in four combinations: without or with stars around the border, each with the Standard Silver reverse of 1870 or the regular reverse (J-1059 to J-1070, in silver, copper and aluminum, with a single nickel piece, J-1067a). USPatterns.com reports that the Mint sold the Longacre designs in sets running from the half dime up to the silver dollar. J-1071 to J-1073 are strikings from the regular half dime dies in copper, aluminum and nickel.