Click to enlargeJ1352/P1496

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 see all available images, click here.

J1352/P1496 with the following 2 known.

1) Kreisberg 9/71, Superior 12/72?, Simpson-Heritage 8/21 - PCGS66BN, illustrated above courtesy of PCGS.

2) Farouk, G.H. Wolfe-Heritage 1/2000, Goldberg 1/04, Stacks 1/08 as PCGS62RED, Heritage 8/10 - NGC62RED, illustrated below courtesy of Heritage



Aluminum J1353/P1497 also with only 2 of believed to exist:

1) B/R 1974-7 RCR #21-29 in set?, Superior 5/03, Simpson-Heritage 11/20 – PCGS65 with some laminations especially near the date

2) B/R 1971-3 RCR #13-17, RCR B/R 1979 RCR #33