1883 5C Shield, JD-1 (Proof)
Series: Shield Five Cents 1866-1883
PCGS PR65
- PCGS #:
- 102825
- 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:
- $854 • PR65 • 07-27-2026 • Heritage Auctions
Die Varieties
- 1883 5C Shield, JD-1
- 1883 5C Shield, JD-2
- 1883 5C Shield, JD-3
- 1883 5C Shield, JD-4
- 1883 5C Shield, JD-5
- 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
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Condition Census What Is This?
#1 PCGS PR67+
Heritage Auctions, April 23, 2014, Lot 3226 - $1,880. JD-1. Brilliant. Small tick across the bowl of the 5. |
| #1 PCGS PR67+ |
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#3 PCGS PR65
JD-1. Faint golden toning. Small toning spot between N and G of IN GOD. |
Charles Morgan:
The 1883 Shield Nickel Proof, JD-1 Variety
The 1883 Shield Nickel Proof, JD-1 (#102825), is a common 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-A 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 is visible on the "S" of CENTS. A small die crack originates at the top-left serif of the "R" and advances toward the "E."
PCGS will attribute this variety through our Variety Program.
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