1866 Pattern Dime, Judd-535, Pollock-599, Rarity 7. Silver-nickel, reeded edge. NGC graded Proof 66. Regular dies for the pattern design, but an experiment using a combination of silver and nickel for the planchet. This is the only coin of this pattern design graded by either NGC or PCGS, and we suspect that only a couple are known (at most). The color appears more like a normal silver coin than a nickel piece, with satiny frost on the devices over the mirror fields. Boldly struck, which is not what one might expect, as nickel is a very hard metal which requires more striking pressure to bring up the design elements than silver, which is easier to efficiently strike coinage from. A lovely coin which is undoubtedly very rare.
Estimated Value $3,000-4,000.
