1871 Pattern Five Cents. Judd-1050, Pollock-1184. Rarity-6-. Nickel. Plain Edge. Proof-66 (NGC).<strong>Obv:</strong> A bust of Liberty faces left, the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border and the date 1871 below. Liberty is wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY. This design is similar to that of the regular issue nickel three-cent piece of 1865 to 1889, but on a larger scale. <strong>Rev:</strong> A laurel wreath encloses the denomination V CENTS, the word CENTS curved and the Roman numeral V reversed with the thick stroke on the viewers right. Lovely silver-gray surfaces are brightly semi-reflective in the fields with satiny and smartly impressed devices.