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PCGS Number: 70434 Coin Date: 1861 Denomination (Short): P$20 Denomination (Long): Pattern $20 Variety: Copper Variety 2: J-288 Desg: PR Composition: Copper Mintage: Unique Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1861 Mint Location: Philadelphia Edge: Reeded General Notes: 1861 $20.
Struck from regular dies. Perhaps an experimental striking with beveled edge, copper planchet (but without a collar). Details of manufacture not known, as it is broad diameter, but does have edge reeding (indicating it was struck in a collar). PCGS #: 70434