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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.
We can only account for 2 different examples:
1) Bluestone (Salt City Coin) 1/36, Taylor-NN 61st 6/70
2) Bolt-Stacks 4/66, described as "Proof, not in full brilliance. A few scratches in field."
Pollock lists one in Federal's January 63 sale which may be third or a reappearance of #2.
One of these, probably #1 from the description, is ex Superior 2/73, Bass-B/M 5/99, at least 6 Teletrade sales from 10/27/99 - 2/9/00, Heritage 8/1/00 internet sale - PCGS64BN, illustrated above, click on the thumbnail image to enlarge.
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