1871 Nickel Patterns
Base
About This Coin
The 1871 Nickel Patterns page groups the five-cent patterns dated 1871 in the Trade Dollar Era Patterns (1871-1873) series, all struck at the Philadelphia Mint. Two essais share a small coronet Liberty head close to the nickel three-cent portrait: one has a V, shaded so that it looks reversed, above CENTS in a wreath (J-1050 to J-1052a, the last on a broad planchet), and the other 5 CENTS in a laurel wreath (J-1053 to J-1055). J-1056 to J-1058 are strikings from the regular Shield nickel dies in copper, aluminum and steel or pure nickel.
Specifications
Strike Types & Varieties(10)
1871 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-1050
1871 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-1051
1871 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-1052
1871 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-1052a
1871 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-1053
1871 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-1054
1871 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-1055
1871 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-1056
1871 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-1057
1871 Proof Nickel Pattern - J-1058
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