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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:
14463
Strike Type:
Proof
Coin Shape:
Round
Edge:
Reeded
Variety:
Copper
Variety 2:
J-1439
Coin Date:
1875
Denomination:
P$5
Designation:
PR
Mint Location:
Philadelphia
Coinage Type:
Pattern
Coinage Years:
1875
Composition:
Copper
Rarity:
L7
PCGS #:
71746
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