1875 Proof Twenty Cent Pattern - J-1400

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The 1875 Proof Twenty Cent Pattern - J-1400 is a proof twenty-cent pattern struck at the Philadelphia Mint, part of the Metric & Stella Patterns (1874-1879) series. Its obverse is William Barber's Liberty at the Seashore design, a seated Liberty beside the sea with a steamship in the distance; the Mint paired it with three twenty-cent reverses and used a modified version on trade dollar patterns of 1875 and 1876. Its reverse is close to the twenty-cent reverse adopted in 1875, except that the second arrowhead points well above the T of TWENTY and all three leaves point toward the eagle's wing. Slightly over a dozen are known in copper. It is struck in copper with a plain edge. USPatterns.com rates it R-7. It is also catalogued as Pollock-1543, Adams-Woodin 1443 and Taxay EP980. Cataloged as PCGS #61707.

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R-7 (USPatterns.com)

Cross References

Judd-1400; Pollock-1543; Adams-Woodin 1443; Taxay EP980