Barber Liberty Head Patterns – “You’re joshing me”!
Liberty Head w/"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" Open Wreath with E. PLURIBUS Small Dentils

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: PATTERNS & TRIAL COINS 1874-DATE,WITH POLLOCK & RB NUMBERS
Item Description: 5C 1882 J-1684 ELIASBERG
Full Grade: NGC PF 64
Owner: mania

Set Details

Custom Sets: 5C and Half Dime Pattern Set
Barber Liberty Head Patterns – “You’re joshing me”!
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Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Patterns & Trial Coins (1874-Date) & Pollock Numbers

Owner Comments:


1882 5C
Judd-1684, Pollock-1886
Rarity: Low R.6, PR64
Ex: Eliasberg.

Struck in nickel with a plain edge.

Obverse: Liberty head design as adopted for the regular issue a year later, surrounded by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with the date below.
Reverse: Roman numeral V in the center of an open agricultural wreath with E PLURIBUS UNUM above. This Judd has Narrow dentils.

Comment: Deeply reflective fields feature an overlay dusky gray patina. Modest field-device contrast exists. There is slight repunching at L, R, and N in motto E PLURIBUS UNUM.
Weight: 76.8 grains. Diameter: 0.832 inc

Provenance:
Ex: Charles Steigerwalt to J.M. Clapp; Clapp estate, 1942, to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.; Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, Part I (Bowers and Merena, 5/1996), lot 181; ANA Signature (Heritage, 8/1999), lot 7778. From The Collection of William Rau. Heritage April 2018 April CSNS – Chicago / Lot #5126

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