Click to enlargeJ590/P654

The regular dies trial piece. The copper examples were more likely deliberately struck for sale to collectors as part of complete sets. Four copper sets have been accounted for. T. Harrison Garrett had one, a mostly complete double set was apparently stolen from the Iowa State Historical Museum and a 4th set missing the half dollar was offered in Europe in 2022.

We can account for 9 examples as follows: To see all available images, click here.

1) Britton-G Cogan 1/1883, Garrett-JHU, Stacks 3/76 in set, B/M 8/87 ANA, Superior 10/89 as NGC63RB, Heritage 7/97 ANA as PCGS64RB, Superior 9/98 as PCGS64RB, ANR 3/05 as PCGS64RB, B/M 7/05 as PCGS64RB, Heritage 3/11 as PCGS64RB, Heritage 1/16 FUN as PCGS64RB, Heritage 6/16 as NGC65RB, Legend Auctions 7/17, Goldberg 6/18, Goldberg 6/19, Goldberg 6/20, Goldberg 6/21, Goldberg 6/24 – PCGS65RB with a carbon spot by star 5, illustrated above, click on the thumbnail image to enlarge

2) Monaco 10/22 set – NGC67RB

3) Heritage 7/03 as NGC65RB, Simpson-Heritage 9/20 – PCGS65RB

4) Superior 9/05, Heritage 7/07 – PCGS64BN with a toned area by the C in AMERICA

5) Heritage 2/85, Heritage 3/14, Heritage 8/18 ANA – NGC64BN

6) An example on PCGS.com/CoinFacts – PCGS63BN

7) An example on PCGS.com/CoinFacts – PCGS62BN

8, 9) Stolen from the Iowa State Historical Museum

Photo courtesy of American Numismatic Rarities.