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1 Cent '1896' Pattern, nickel, non-magnetic
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | The legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA encircles the design along the outer border, separated from the central motif by a ring of raised dots paralleling the rim. At center, an olive wreath frames a large numeral 1, with the denomination CENT inscribed below, together denoting the face value. The overall composition is clean and symmetrical, reflecting the restrained classical style characteristic of late nineteenth-century United States Mint pattern coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Judd-1767 belongs to a concentrated burst of experimental coinage activity at the Philadelphia Mint in 1896, when Chief Engraver Charles Barber produced dozens of pattern varieties testing alternative compositions for the cent. Congress had grown increasingly interested in replacing the copper-nickel Indian Head cent, and the Mint responded by striking trial pieces in pure nickel, aluminum, and various alloys — few of which advanced beyond the pattern stage. The non-magnetic designation distinguishes this piece from superficially similar nickel-alloy patterns struck the same year.