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PCGS Number: 537322 Coin Date: 1878 Denomination (Short): P$5 Denomination (Long): Pattern 5 Dollars Variety: Gold Variety 2: J-1575 Desg: PR Composition: Gold Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1878 Mint Location: Philadelphia Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Head of Liberty by William Barber. Liberty wears a Phrygian cap ornamented by two heads of wheat; LIBERTY incused. IN GOD WE TRUST above, seven stars left, six stars right, 1878 below. Reverse Description: Perched eagle holding olive branch and arrows, each wing with a slightly different shape. E PLURIBUS / UNUM in two lines above. Around border, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIVE DOLLARS. General Notes: 1878 $5. Regular-diameter issue. PCGS #: 537322
