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Although these are described as regular die trial pieces in the standard references, it is more likely they were deliberately struck for sale to collectors as part of complete off-metal sets.
Examples were struck as follows: To view all available images, click here.
Copper J1173/P1315 with 5 known including:
1) Pine Tree 3/74, Paramount 4/77, Superior 5/93 as NGC65RB, Superior 1/94 as PCGS65RB ?, Simpson-Heritage 1/22 FUN - PCGS66RB
2) Stacks 2/77, Queller-Heritage 1/09 FUN, Heritage 1/11 FUN, Heritage 2/13 as NGC67BN, StacksBowers 6/24 - PCGS67BN, illustrated above, click on the thumbnail image to enlarge
3) Leidman in 8/71, Bass-B/M 5/99 as PCGS62RB, rehabbed Goldberg 6/00, Heritage 1/07 FUN, Heritage 1/08 FUN, StacksBowers 1/12, StacksBowers 3/12, StacksBowers 8/12 ANA - NGC63BN
4) Boyd, Friedman, Hydeman-Kosoff 3/61 lot 985, B/R 6/76, Superior 1/03 as NCS proof, gilt improperly cleaned, Heritage 10/04, Heritage 11/04, Heritage 2/05 - NGC63 gilt - if there is only one gilt
5) Farouk, Hydeman-Kosoff 3/61 part of lot 991, Whitford 4/93
Aluminum J1174/P1316 with the following 2 believed to be different:
1) Simpson-Heritage 9/20 - PCGS66
2) Heritage 7/05 - NGC64
One of these is ex Pine Tree 9/74, Paramount 4/77.
Nickel J1175/P1317 with only the Woodin-1914 ANS exhibit, Newcomer, Farouk, Pine Tree 9/74, Paramount 4/77 example believed to exist.
Photo courtesy of Heritage.
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