Name: 1875 P$5 Gold, J-1438 PR
SKU: 14461

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1875 $5. The purpose of this and the similar $10 pattern is not known, for no record has been encountered of any interest in changing the current Liberty Head or Coronet design for the $5.

Obverse Description

Barber’s Liberty Head (“Sailor Head”) facing left, wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, hair tied back with a ribbon; similar to the motif used on the J-1392 twenty-cent piece.

Reverse Description

Eagle similar to that used on the trade dollar and twenty-cent piece, perched, holding three arrows and an olive branch, E PLURIBUS UNUM in field above eagle, IN GOD WE TRUST on ribbon below. Around border, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIVE DOLLARS.

Catalog Information

GSID: 14461

Strike Type: Proof

Coin Shape: Round

Edge: Reeded

Variety: Gold

Variety 2: J-1438

Coin Date: 1875

Denomination: P$5

Designation: PR

Mint Location: Philadelphia

Coinage Type: Pattern

Coinage Years: 1875

Composition: Gold

Rarity: 8

PCGS #: 61745

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