The 1857 quarter struck in copper with a reverse die without an eagle in the center. Dr. Judd describes it as the first work by Anthony C. Paquet. It is possibly a setup piece for his eagle design of the following year used on J221/P264. Its first occurrence was lot 772 in Edward Cogan's 10/18/1860 sale. At least 7 are known as follows: To see images of most of these, click here. 1) Reed-Durham Museum 2) Mitchelson-CSL 3) Superior 5/92, Goldberg 5/03 as PCGS62RB, Stacks 10/03 as PCGS62RB, Queller-Heritage 1/09 as NGC64BN, Simpson-Heritage 8/21 – PCGS63BN, illustrated above, click on the thumbnail image to enlarge 4) Dr Judd, Schorer 4/73, Bass, HWBRF-Heritage 5/23 – PCGS64BN, identifiable by a toning spot under the S in STATES 5) Crouch-Superior 6/77, Sieck-B/R 8/81 ANA, RARCOA Auction 89, Superior 10/89, Superior 2/97, Stacks 10/97, Heritage 8/98 ANA, Heritage 2/99, Heritage 6/99, Heritage 4/18, Heritage 1/20 FUN, Legend Auctions 4/21 – PCGS64BN with 2 spots on reverse under S OF 6) Heritage 6/17, Heritage 1/22 FUN – PCGS64BN 7) MTB, T.R. Walsh Electrotype copies are also known to exist. Examples with reeded edges were offered in Paramount 8/67 ANA, Heritage 12/76, Hughes 7/80 (cleaned) and Superior's 6/81 sale and was graded AU50 in all sales. Photo courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg's Coins & Collectibles.