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PCGS Number: 61747
Coin Date: 1875
Denomination (Short): P$5
Denomination (Long): Pattern 5 Dollars
Variety: Aluminum
Variety 2: J-1440
Desg: PR
Composition: Aluminum
Mintage: Unique
Strike Type: Proof
Coinage Type: Pattern
Coinage Years: 1875
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Edge: Reeded
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.
General Notes: 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.
PCGS #: 61747