 1868 5¢. Judd 633 (R-5). Copper-nickel, PE. Gem Brilliant Proof. 76.7 grains, 4.97 grams. Fabulous glass-mirror fields display vastly more glitter than the contemporary Three Cent Proofs. This obverse bears a variant of Longacre's diadem Liberty from the three Cents with a 5-pointed star added. The reverse presents a ribbon and Maltese cross with IN GOD WE TRUST over a laurel wreath enclosing a huge Roman numeral 'V' without CENTS. Here is a particularly beautiful example from the Philadelphia Mint's persistent attempts to introduce 1, 2, 3 and 5-Cents in Copper-nickel of similar design.
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