Click to enlargeJ564/P625

Longacre's ornate 5 cent design with feathered Indian headdress.





Examples of this design are known as follows:

Aluminum with plain edge J561/P622 with 100 struck according to J. Colvin Randall.

Aluminum with reeded edge J562/P623 with about a dozen known.

Copper with plain edge J563/P624 with the following confirmed: To see images of available pieces of this and the next, click here.

1) Smithsonian

2) Mitchelson-CSL

3) Crouch-Superior 6/77?, Simpson-Heritage 11/20 – PCGS63BN

4) Kagin’s 11/73 (toned proof, carbon flecks) ?, Fred-B/M 11/95, Heritage 7/04, Heritage 4/15 – PCGS64BN

5) B/R 11/76, Crouch-Superior 6/77, B/M 9/88

Copper with reeded edge J564/P625 with the following confirmed:

1) Heritage 8/96 ANA, B/M 1/03, Wilcox, Leidman, private collection – PCGS64RED

2) Teletrade 7/21/99, Stacks 7/08, Simpson-Heritage 1/21 – PCGS66RB

3) Heritage 4/17 – PCGS65RB

4) Heritage 5/12 – PCGS64BN

5) Farouk, Superior 12/72 (BU with a few minor stains) ?, Heritage 9/11 – PCGS genuine, altered surfaces, cleaned, lacquered, possibly the same as #4 if rehabbed

Copper obverse hub trials
JA1867-8/P3308 and JA1867-9/P3311 as well as lead obverse JA1867-10/P3314 and reverse JA1867-11/P3317 die trials are also known to exist.

Photo courtesy of Bowers and Merena.