JUDD 535 -
1866 Pattern DimeVariety
equivalents:
Adams-Woodin = Pollock 599
Rarity: Extremely Rare
Metal content: Silver-Nickel
Edge: Reeded
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Images courtesy of Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.
Significant examples:
1. NGC Proof-66 (illustrated
above). Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3,
2000, Lot 592, where it was described (in part) as follows: "Regular
dies for the pattern design, but an experiment using a combination
of silver and nickel for the planchet. This is the only coin of this
pattern design graded by either NGC or PCGS, and we suspect that
only a couple are known (at most). The color appears more like a
normal silver coin than a nickel piece, with satiny frost on the
devices over the mirror fields. Boldly struck, which is not what one
might expect, as nickel is a very hard metal which requires more
striking pressure to bring up the design elements than silver, which
is easier to efficiently strike coinage from."
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