Click to enlargeJ1745/P1957

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

Only 2 examples are believed to exist, one ex Gschwend, V. Brand (journal #44171), H. Brand and the other ex Newcomer. One of these was in the Lohr collection.

Photo is a colorized regular issue proof and is shown to approximate what the die trial would look like. Photo used is courtesy of Heritage.