Click to enlargeJ651/P724

The regular dies trial piece in aluminum. These were deliberately struck to show how easily aluminum coined and for sale to collectors in cased sets. 3 of these cased sets were still intact as of 2014, but, regrettably, 2 have been broken up. Virgil Brand also had 2 sets - Woodside's and Stickney's. To view the set, click here.

We have records for 6 examples as follows: To see all available images, click here.

1) Newcomer, unknown intermediaries, offered for $850 in Kosoff & Kreisberg's May 1950 edition of Numismatic Gallery Monthly, Bowers and Merena 1/95, Heritage 7/97 ANA, Superior 4/03, Heritage 1/07, M. Hagen still in set - PCGS65

2) R.A. Britton (H.G. Sampson, 2/1882), lot 956; T. Harrison Garrett; Garrett Collection; Johns Hopkins University (Bowers and Ruddy, 11/1979), lot 396; Superior 10/89 Heifetz sale, Heritage 1/13 FUN, Simpson, set now broken up - Heritage 9/20 - PCGS64

3) Treasury Secretary Hugh McCulloch, McCulloch family, Newman-EPNNES, set now broken up Heritage 11/14 - NGC63

4) Lohr, Cox-Stacks 4/62, Pittman-Akers 10/97, Morgan-StacksBowers 8/19 ANA - PCGS63

5) NERCA 7/79 ANA in set, B/M 9/84, Heritage 8/85 ANA lot 3313, B/M 11/02 as PCGS65, Rau-Heritage 4/18 as NGC65, Legend Auctions 10/21, Legend Auctions 5/23 - PCGS65, illustrated above, click on the thumbnail image to enlarge

6) NASCA 11/77, Melnick 11/82, Heritage 8/85 ANA lot 3314, MARCA 1/91 FUN, Goldberg 2/00, ANR 1/06 - PCGS65

Photo courtesy of Bowers and Merena.