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Patterns
1868 P
ATTERN
T
EN
C
ENTS
J
UDD
647
Enlargement
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1868 Pattern Ten Cents. Nickel, Plain Edge. Judd-647. Pollock-720 Low Rarity 6
.
PCGS graded Proof 66.
CAC Approved
. A nice
untoned pattern. Gorgeous Gem Proof. Early in the year, a Congressman Kelley introduced a bill providing for the coinage of one, three, five
and ten cent pieces from an alloy of nickel and copper, to be legal tender to the amount of one dollar in replacing the minor coins and frac-
tional currency then in circulation. This is the Pattern Ten Cent design the Mint created to show how the proposed coin might look. It carries
the old large cent’s Braided Hair head of Liberty from the device punch held over from the 1850s as used on the large cent of 1857. On the
reverse, TEN CENTS within a laurel wreath. Struck on a 10 gram weight copper and nickel alloy planchet. According to Judd, “because of
delay in preparing the dies for the proposed ten cent piece, the first test pieces were struck in March, 1868 on the screw press, using dies
made from the hubs of the large cent, which were still available.” The pieces in nickel and copper alloy weigh 10 grams as specified in the pro-
posed bill for this coinage series.
Pop 4; 2 finer in 67
. (
PCGS # 60865
)
Estimated Value ............................................................................................................................................................... $7,500 - 8,000
1868 P
ATTERN
H
ALF
E
AGLE
J
UDD
656
1631
1868 Pattern Half Eagle. Copper, Reeded Edge.
Judd-656. Pollock-729 Low Rarity 7
.
NGC graded
Proof 66 BN
. Nice even brown toning.
Pop 3; 1 finer in
66+ Star
.
Estimated Value .................................... $16,000 - 18,000
Enlargement
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1869 Pattern Dime. Copper, Plain Edge. Judd-711. Pol-
lock-790 High Rarity 7
.
PCGS graded Proof 64 Red &
Brown PQ.
CAC Approved
. Traces of mint red. STANDARD
SILVER type, head of Liberty wearing a coronet with one star;
IN GOD WE TRUST on a scroll below. The normal STANDARD
SILVER dime reverse that is used on these 1869-dated Pattern
Dimes and some subsequent year issues as well. Luminous cop-
per-gold surfaces with dusky purple brown areas. Desirable with
this precision strike Proof strike.
Pop 2; none finer at PCGS
.
(
PCGS # 70936
)
The year 1869 marked the advent of a remarkable series of Pat-
tern pieces, known as the Standard Silver series, which were
intended to be used to replace the fractional currency then
plaguing the country. This consisted of denominations of fifty,
twenty-five and ten cents which were smaller in size and lighter
in weight than the regular United States coins of equal denomi-
nation. Patterns were struck in the various denominations in sil-
ver, copper, or aluminum with either a reeded or a plain edge.
Estimated Value ..............................................$3,000 - 3,100
