Click to enlargeJ1385/P1529

Although described as regular dies trial pieces, these were actually deliberately struck for sale to collectors as part of complete off-metal sets.

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

Copper J1385/P1529 with the following 4 believed to be different:

1) Crouch-Superior 6/77, unknown intermediates, Simpson-Heritage 9/20, Bourne - PCGS65RED

2) ANR 1/06, Goldberg 9/07, B/M 8/10, Heritage 1/15 FUN, Legend Auctions 3/20 - PCGS64RB

3) an example graded PCGS65BN on PCGS.com/CoinFacts

4) Farouk, Spink 3/83, harshly cleaned and lacquered

Aluminum J1386/P1530 with the following 2 confirmed:

1) Crouch-Superior 6/77 ?, Denali-Heritage 1/11 FUN - PCGS65

2) Stacks 11/07 as PCGS64, Simpson-Heritage 9/20, Bourne - PCGS65 with a bad ping on the reverse by the first bar in III

The Lohr collection had examples of both.

Photo courtesy of American Numismatic Rarities.