1964 Half Dollar Pattern - RB-2715, INCO

Coin Details

Description

RB-2715 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-2715 50C; the RB number is Burdette's, from Private Pattern and Related Pieces: International Nickel & Gould Incorporated (2019).

Cross References

Burdette RB-2715