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Message:: [QUOTE="Kirkuleez, post: 1552637, member: 36864"]It looks like a slow news night tonight, so I thought I would add some more of my favorite patterns.  This time, I am focusing on the ones that I am searching for.  Along with the standard proof issues, I would like to assemble a set of Liberty nickel patterns.  An all inclusive pattern collection would consist of 39 pieces which is 8 more coins than the complete proof collection.  A monumental task it would be to collect the entire collection, so these are the ones that I am concentrating on. The first pattern to be produce by Charles Barber was the 1881 J-1671, Rarity-6+.  [ATTACH]209086.vB[/ATTACH] The obverse design is quite familiar, but the reverse design is quite different.  The Roman numeral for five surrounded by a wreath is reminiscent of the nickel three cent pieces of the day.  The second is the 1882 J-1682. [ATTACH]209087.vB[/ATTACH] Similar design with the addition of "E Pluribus Unum" to the reverse.  Which for those who do not know is Latin for "of many, one". Last is the 1882 J-1690. [ATTACH]209088.vB[/ATTACH] After eighteen tries, and although many more patterns were created after this one,  this pattern was chosen for the regular issues beginning in 1883.  No one would realize the error of omitting the word cents from the reverse until the following year.[/QUOTE]