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1964 Half Dollar Pattern - RB-2710, INCO

Strike Type
1964 Patterns coin

Coin Details

Year
1964
Denomination
Patterns
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
Modern Patterns (1943 to Date)
Designer
Gilroy Roberts

Description

RB-2710 is a 1964 half dollar pattern from the International Nickel Company experimental series. Late in the summer of 1964 INCO replaced its TEST PIECE design with Gilroy Roberts's portrait of Paul D. Merica, a former president of the company, paired with a view of the laboratory named for him; the pieces carry the date 1964. USPatterns.com describes the half dollar-size pieces with this design, issued in sets with the other two sizes. Pollock records the 1964 Merica half dollar in 95% nickel and 5% silicon on a permalloy core, with plain edge (Pollock-5375) or reeded edge (Pollock-5376); the sources read do not say which Burdette number matches which. NGC lists it as 1964 INCO RB-2710 50C; the RB number is Burdette's, from Private Pattern and Related Pieces: International Nickel & Gould Incorporated (2019).

Cross References

Burdette RB-2710

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