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PCGS Number: 81931 Coin Date: 1878 Denomination (Short): P$5 Denomination (Long): Pattern 5 Dollars Variety: Copper Variety 2: J-1568a Desg: PR Composition: Copper Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1878 Mint Location: Philadelphia Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Morgan’s Liberty Head, as preceding, only larger. Reverse Description: Eagle with drooped wings, but larger. Around border, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIVE DOLLARS / 5. No periods in reverse border. General Notes: 1878 $5. Larger diameter, apparently part of the nagging problem and continuing experiments to make gold coins thinner and wider to eliminate filling. PCGS #: 81931
