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PCGS Number: 81056 Coin Date: 1870 Denomination (Short): PH10c Denomination (Long): Pattern Half Dime Variety: Copper Variety 2: J-812 Desg: PR Composition: Copper Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1870 Mint Location: Philadelphia Edge: Plain Obverse Description: Barber’s Liberty Seated design. UNITED STATES to left, OF AMERICA to right, 1870 below. Reverse Description: Open agricultural wreath enclosing 5 CENTS. STANDARD at border above. General Notes: 1870 Standard Silver Half Dime. A numismatic production, as no new designs for silver half dimes were ever seriously contemplated. This represents the first appearance of this denomination in the Standard Silver pattern series. PCGS #: 81056
