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***Auction Highlight*** 1869 Judd-684 Liberty Nickel 5c Graded Choice+ Proof By USCG (fc)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:625.00 - 2,500.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** 1869 Judd-684 Liberty Nickel 5c Graded Choice+ Proof By USCG (fc)
***Auction Highlight*** 1869 Judd-684 Liberty Nickel 5c Graded Choice+ Proof By USCG. Up for Auction is a RARE Pattern coin. It is the Judd-684. Per Ron Guth of PCGS: �Beginning in 1865 and running through 1869, the U.S. Mint produced a number of pattern 5 Cents pieces in contemplation of replacing the shield design on the regular issue "Nickels." A large majority of the coins feature a head of Liberty in an enlarged and modified version of the head seen on the regular-issue Three-Cents Nickel. Based on this connection, James B. Longacre gets credit for the design. Mint engravers produced a variety of different reverse designs to mate with this obverse, but adopted none of them for regular use. Judd-684 features the modified Liberty Head design with a reverse used in 1868 on Judd-631. Ironically, the reverse of this variety is the same "CENTS"-less type that caused so many problems years later on the 1883 No CENTS Nickel. A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away, you might not find its equal Coin. I give this coin my highest recommendation