Ever since I was a kid and read about these in CoinAge, I was fascinated with these mint patterns. They were created in 1868, when the mint was looking at alternatives to coining the dime in silver, because of post-Civil War coin shortages of the coin. Approximately two dozen of these coins are known in nickel as the above coin, and another two dozen struck in copper. The coin has plain edge and is Judd-647. Curiously they used an leftover hub from the Longacre Large Cents for the obverse of this coin, with the 1868 date, it could almost be an 1868 Large Cent, but for the reverse. This coin weighs exactly twice the weight of a contemporary nickel or 5¢ coin. There are many many fascinating patterns from this era, but this is my personal favourite, and the one I could not do without.
Totally awesome! :thumb: I didn't even know this/these existed. Just goes to show how much numismatic history we have and in this case, didn't have. Ribbit
Great piece of american history , and a beautiful coin . The other day at the coin shop there was a paper on the counter , I gave it a quick glance , and told the clerck what a beatiful SLQ error , turns out it wasnt an error but the most beautiful pattern of a non used version of the Standing Liberty Quarter , I love SLQ , But that pattern was killer . rzage
That is a seriously cool coin. As a lover of large cents, patterns such as this have always appealed to me. Congrats!
