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George Morgan's Coiled hair design in copper. About a dozen are believed to exist including the illustrated example from Sotheby's Browning collection. Prior to this, it was offered in Paramount's June 1975 Rare Coin List #10. Many of the copper examples have been gilted. To see images of all of these, click here.
For additional information on this and other patterns for international coinage, click here.
It was also part of a goloid set. To view Morgan's set which included this design, click here.
They were also struck in the following metals.
Gold J1660/P1860 with 9 confirmed examples. These were struck from shaved half eagle planchet stock resulting in the coins having striated surfaces.
Aluminum J1662/P1862 with at least 5 known.
Photo courtesy of Sotheby's from their Browning sale catalog.
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