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Entry Details
PCGS Number: 61828 Coin Date: 1869 Denomination (Short): P5c Denomination (Long): Pattern 5 Cents Variety: Nickel Variety 2: J-690a Desg: PR Composition: Nickel Mintage: Unique Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1869 Mint Location: Philadelphia Edge: Plain Obverse Description: Liberty Head facing left, coronet inscribed LIBERTY and with star. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around border, 1869 below. Reverse Description: Actually an obverse die: Washington portrait, IN GOD WE TRUST (Obverse 2 of 1866). General Notes: 1869 Five-Cent Piece / 1866 Five-Cent Piece. Unusual two-headed, two-dated mule made outside of the Mint as a numismatic delicacy. Ex Garrett Collection, March 1980, Lot 1229, earlier from S.S. Crosby. PCGS #: 61828
