1883 Proof Pattern Nickel Five Cent. . Dies by Charles Barber. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, head of Liberty left, wearing coronet inscribed LIBERTY and decorated with wheat sheaves, cotton buds, and ivy leaves; 1883 below / 50 N./ 50 C. within wreath of corn and cotton; FIVE above, CENTS below, seven stars to left, six stars to right. Edge: plain. Judd 1710; Pollock 1914. In NGC encapsulation 5938163-009, graded Proof Details, cleaned.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection.