1882 5C, CAM
1883 5C No CENTS

1883 5C JD-2 Shield, CAM (Proof)

Series: Shield Five Cents 1866-1883

PCGS #:
102829
Designer:
James Barton Longacre
Edge:
Plain
Diameter:
20.50 millimeters
Weight:
5.00 grams
Mintage:
5,419
Mint:
Philadelphia
Metal:
75% Copper, 25% Nickel
Auction Record:
N/A

Condition Census What Is This?

Pos Grade Image Pedigree and History
1 PCGS PR67+CM

As PCGS PR67CAM #50067253. Heritage Auctions, March 28, 2009, Lot 551 - $2,070. As PCGS PR67+CAM #37482118. "The Gerald R. Forsythe Collection," GreatCollections, September 19, 2021, Lot 1027459 - $11,812.50; Stack's Bowers, November 19, 2024, Lot 3008 - $8,400. JD-2. Faint champagne-pink toning. Small cluster of toning spots in the field below TR of TRUST. Small toning spot above the first T of STATES.
#1 PCGS PR67+CM

As PCGS PR67CAM #50067253. Heritage Auctions, March 28, 2009, Lot 551 - $2,070. As PCGS PR67+CAM #37482118. "The Gerald R. Forsythe Collection," GreatCollections, September 19, 2021, Lot 1027459 - $11,812.50; Stack's Bowers, November 19, 2024, Lot 3008 - $8,400. JD-2. Faint champagne-pink toning. Small cluster of toning spots in the field below TR of TRUST. Small toning spot above the first T of STATES.
Charles Morgan:

The 1883 Shield Nickel Proof, JD-2 Variety

The 1883 Shield Nickel Proof, JD-2 (#102828), is a scarce variety of the 1883 proof issue and is one of five varieties enumerated by John W. Dannreuther in United States Proof Coins, Volume II: Nickel (2023). While most examples appearing at public auction in recent years have not been attributed by PCGS or major auction houses, the variety can be identified by key diagnostic "pick-up points" on the 1-B die marriage:

  • Obverse: The digit "8" is centered over the denticles. Heavy "Longacre doubling" is present on the motto. The top of the "D" in the motto is conspicuously broken.
  • Reverse: Longacre doubling absent. Bumps inside the counter of "R."

PCGS will attribute this variety through our Variety Program.

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