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Entry Details
PCGS Number: 3846 Coin Date: 1885 Denomination (Short): 5c Denomination (Long): 5 Cents Desg: MS Prefix: Key Date Composition: 75% copper; 25% nickel Mintage: 1,472,700 Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Liberty head nickel Coinage Years: 1883-1912 Mint Location: Philadelphia Diameter: 21.2 Weight (Grams): 5 Weight (Ounces): 0.1608 Designer: Charles E. Barber Edge: Plain Obverse Description: Lady Liberty with the word LIBERTY on her crown faces left with 13 stars around the periphery and the date positioned at the bottom center. Reverse Description: Large V (roman numeral 5) is centered in the design surrounded by an ornate wreath with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * CENTS * around the periphery. The motto E PLURIBUS UNUM appears near the top between the wreath and letters STATES OF AME. General Notes: Only the 1912-S beats out the 1885 V Nickel for the lowest mintage in this series. An extremely small fraction of the original mintage, of almost 1.5 million, have survived. Scarce as an circulated coin and gradually even more tough in Mint State. Gems become truly rare.
PCGS #: 3846 NGC ID: 2773
