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PCGS Number: 60940 Coin Date: 1869 Denomination (Short): P10c Denomination (Long): Pattern 10 Cents Variety: Copper Variety 2: J-715 Desg: PR Composition: Copper Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1869 Mint Location: Philadelphia Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Regular Liberty Seated die without date (as also used for J-331 of 1863 and elsewhere). Reverse Description: Inscription SIL. 9 / NIC. 1 / 1869. General Notes: 1869 Dime. Experimental piece intended to test a silver alloy substituting one part nickel, for the one part copper used in regular coinage of the era. Composition of “silver-nickel” pieces may vary, not yet studied by modern numismatists; elemental analysis is required; only standard nickel alloy (75% copper, 25% nickel) pieces are known of light color. PCGS #: 60940 NGC ID: 29RW
