1875 Sailor Head, Copper Pattern 10 Dollar PR RB J-1444 Values

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1875 Sailor Head, Copper Pattern 10 Dollar PR RB J-1444 Values

Details

1875 $10

Obverse: Barber’s Liberty Head (“Sailor Head”) facing left, wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, hair tied back with a ribbon; similar to the motif used on the J-1392 twenty-cent piece.

Reverse: Eagle similar to that used on the trade dollar and twenty-cent piece, perched, holding three arrows and an olive branch, E PLURIBUS UNUM in field above eagle, IN GOD WE TRUST on ribbon below. Around border, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIVE DOLLARS.

Basic Information

GSID:

14473

Coin Date:

1875

Denomination:

P$10 / Pattern 10 Dollar

Designation:

PR

Mint & Coinage Details

Mint Location:

Philadelphia

Coinage Type:

Pattern

Coinage Years:

1875

Composition:

Copper

Varieties and Classification

Variety:

Sailor Head, Copper

Variety 2:

J-1444

Rarity:

R-H6

Physical Characteristics

Strike Type:

Proof

Coin Shape:

Round

Design Details

Designer:

William Barber

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