Click to enlargeJ1165/P1307

Although these are described as regular die trial pieces in the standard references, it is more likely that the off-metal 'trials' of this year were deliberately struck for sale to collectors.

Examples were struck as follows: To view all available images, click here.

Copper J1164/P1306 with fewer than a half dozen confirmed including:

1) Stacks 2/77, Queller-Heritage 1/09 FUN as NGC66RB, Heritage 1/11 FUN as NGC66RB, Heritage 9/14 as NGC66RB, Heritage 1/15 FUN, Heritage 4/16 - PCGS65RB

2) Pine Tree 3/74, Paramount 4/77, StacksBowers 8/22 - PCGS65RB

3) Superior 2/97, Stacks 10/97, Superior 9/98 as PCGS63RB, Tree Many Feathers B/M 9/01 (cancelled to 11/01) as PCGS63RB, Heritage 1/07 FUN as PCGS63RB, Simpson-Heritage 5/22 - PCGS64BN with a scratch or die break from the eagle's eye to the E in STATES

4) RARCOA 4/72, Bass-B/M 5/99 - proof 63 gilt

5) Farouk, Hydeman-Kosoff 3/61, Whitford 4/93 - proof, cleaned and lacquered

Aluminum J1165/P1307 with 2 believed to exist but we only know of one.

1) Pine Tree 3/74, Paramount 4/77, Fairfield-B/R 10/77, Superior 5/99, Teletrade 1013/99, Teletrade 11/24/99, Teletrade 12/15/99, Teletrade 2/7/00, Teletrade 3/20/00 - PCGS64

2) untraced but likely as the other denominations have a second example.

Nickel J1166/P1308 with only the Woodin-1914 ANS exhibit, Newcomer, Farouk, Pine Tree 3/74, Paramount 4/77 coin believed to exist.