1869 5C J-684 PR(PCGS#60909)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6619

Grade

PR62

Price

1,560

Lot Description

<strong>Obv:</strong> A bust of Liberty faces left with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border and the date 1869 below. Liberty is wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY and ornamented with a single star, and the portrait is very similar to that used on the regular issue nickel three-cent piece of 1865 to 1889. <strong>Rev:</strong> A laurel wreath encircles the Roman numeral V, at the top of which is a small Maltese cross and a scroll inscribed with the motto IN GOD WE TRUST. Hazy silver surfaces are a bit subdued to help explain the Proof-62 grade from NGC, but the frosty motifs are sharply struck and contrast somewhat with lightly reflective fields. According to the <em>uspatterns.com</em> website, "These were issued in sets along with a cent and three cent piece similar to those made the previous year." Approximately 100 specimens were produced in nickel.