Private Pattern Quarter. 1964 International Nickel Company. (25mm, 5.66 g, 6h). Type III.

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Lot: 849. Estimated: $ 75

United States, Nickel

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Private Pattern Quarter. 1964 International Nickel Company. (25mm, 5.66 g, 6h). Type III. PAUL D. MERICA LABORATORY, man in business suit right / INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY, INC., DEDICATED/ 1964 in two lines below, an aerial view of the International Nickel Company’s Paul D. Merica Laboratory at Sterling Forest, NY. Reeded edge. Pollock 5380; Rarity 5 to 6. UNC.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection.

These were evidently struck around April 1965. Gilroy Roberts prepared the designs. The hubs, dies, and collar(s) were produced by General Numismatics, which later became the Franklin Mint. Kenn Henderson reports that these were produced for presentation purposes and were struck on planchets having a non-magnetic composition of 95% nickel 5% silicon on a 2% permalloy core.

Closing Date and Time: 26 May 2021 at 14:42:40 ET.

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