Owner Comments:
1882 5C
Judd-1678, Pollock-1880
Rarity: High R.7, PR60BN
Struck in copper with a plain edge.
Obverse:
The devices are similar to the issued 1883 No Cents Liberty nickel, but the country name is on the obverse instead of stars. The portrait is slightly smaller,
Reverse:
The reverse has IN GOD WE TRUST in small letters instead of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The wreath significantly larger, relative to the eventually issued type leaving just enough room for IN GOD WE TRUST at the top
Comment:
This piece is rare , as Uspattern.com’s Saul Teichman traced only five or six specimens.
This piece is Cobalt-blue, olive-green, and plum-red toning drapes crisply struck and minutely granular surfaces. Appeared cleaned years ago.
The Greenwich Collection catalog noted : 75.1 Grains, .866 Inch Diameter
Provenance: Appearance:
From Heritage Jan 2025 Fun Lot # 5463; Priors:
Ex: Greenwich Collection (Bowers and Merena, 1/1991), lot 670,
W. Wilcox, Julian Leidman
Most likely from King Farouk Palace Collection, SOTHEBY Feb 1954 /Lot #2009
NGC Coin Explorer Plate coin for J1678