1872 Proof Quarter Pattern - J-1199

Coin Details

Auction Record

$26,450 PR65 06-23-2005 American Numismatic Rarities

Description

Closing the 1872 quarter series, J-1199 features a copper-nickel composition that tests the conventional Seated Liberty design in the alloy used for five-cent and three-cent coinage. A copper-nickel quarter would have represented a significant compositional departure, moving the twenty-five-cent denomination from its traditional silver base into a base-metal alloy. This experimental piece anticipates by nearly a century the copper-nickel clad quarter that would emerge from the Coinage Act of 1965.

Rarity Notes

R-6 to R-7. Approximately 10-15 examples estimated.

Cross References

Judd-1199, Pollock-1335