1883 5C JD-2 Shield (Proof)
Series: Shield Five Cents 1866-1883
PCGS PR65
- PCGS #:
- 102828
- 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
Die Varieties
- 1883 5C JD-1 Shield
- 1883 5C JD-2 Shield
- 1883 5C Shield, JD-3
- 1883 5C Shield, JD-4
- 1883 5C JD-5 Shield
- 1883 5C JD-1 Shield, CAM
- 1883 5C JD-2 Shield, CAM
- 1883 5C JD-3 Shield, CAM
- 1883 5C JD-4 Shield, CAM
- 1883 5C JD-5 Shield, CAM
- 1883 5C JD-1 Shield, DCAM
- 1883 5C JD-2 Shield, DCAM
- 1883 5C JD-3 Shield, DCAM
- 1883 5C JD-4 Shield, DCAM
- 1883 5C JD-5 Shield, DCAM
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 PCGS PR65
JD-2. Golden toning. Thin diagonal hairline in the left obverse field from 9:30-10 o'clock. |
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#2 Proof
Mint Cabinet. National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Attributed by John W. Dannreuther. Part of original 15-coin Proof Set. |
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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