1877 10C J-1498, BN (Proof)

Series: Patterns - PR

PCGS PR66+BN

PCGS PR66+BN

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PCGS PR64BN

PCGS PR64BN

PCGS #:
61833
Designer:
N/A
Edge:
N/A
Diameter:
N/A
Weight:
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Mintage:
N/A
Mint:
Philadelphia
Metal:
Copper
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Pos Grade Image Pedigree and History
1 PR66BN PCGS grade PR66BN PCGS grade

Simpson Collection

2 PR65BN PCGS grade
2 PR65BN PCGS grade
4 PR64BN PCGS grade
4 PR64BN estimated grade

Heritage 2/2014:5533, $8,225

6 PR63BN PCGS grade
6 PR63BN estimated grade

Heritage 8/2004:8007 - Heritage 1/2007:1534 - Simpson Collection - Heritage 8/2010:5716, $6,325 - Heritage 1/2013:6740, $5,875

8 PR62BN PCGS grade
PR66BN PCGS grade #1 PR66BN PCGS grade

Simpson Collection

#2 PR65BN PCGS grade
#2 PR65BN PCGS grade
#4 PR64BN PCGS grade
#4 PR64BN estimated grade

Heritage 2/2014:5533, $8,225

#6 PR63BN PCGS grade
#6 PR63BN estimated grade

Heritage 8/2004:8007 - Heritage 1/2007:1534 - Simpson Collection - Heritage 8/2010:5716, $6,325 - Heritage 1/2013:6740, $5,875

#8 PR62BN PCGS grade
Ron Guth:

Judd 1498 is an 1877-dated proposal for a new Dime design. Actually, that's only half correct, because the reverse is the same one that was already being used on Dimes of that era. William Barber's new obverse design features a profile bust of a female, facing left, and wearing a coronet emblazoned with the word LIBERTY tied up with a ribbon behind her head. This design is often referred to as the "Sailor Head", but that is inappropriate because sailors wore caps, not coronets, and ribbons were the exception, not the rule.

One of the more interesting aspects of Judd 1498 is that it lacks the name of the issuing country -- in other words, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is missing from either side. That alone was reason enough to quash this pattern proposal.

Researcher Saul Teichman lists eight examples at www.uspatterns.com, including two which are silver-plated. The finest example appears to the the PCGS PR66BN in the Simpson Collection.