Click to enlargeJ665/P740

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.

Overall there appear to be either 6 known as follows: To view 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 - PCGS64

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 1/21 FUN - PCGS66

3) Treasury Secretary Hugh McCulloch, McCulloch family, Newman-EPNNES, set now broken up Heritage 11/14 - NGC65

4) Flynn in 1971, Bass-B/M 5/99 - PCGS63, illustrated above, click on the thumbnail image to enlarge

5) Kosoff 8/58 ANA, Pittman-Akers 10/97, B/M 3/99, Superior 8/02 ANA, Heritage 1/07 FUN lot 1374, Heritage 1/08 FUN, Heritage 1/11 FUN, Heritage 4/18 - PCGS64

6) NERCA 7/79 ANA ?, B/M 9/84, MARCA 5/91 as PCGS63, Superior 2/97 as NGC64, Superior 6/98 as NGC64, Heritage 1/99 FUN as PCGS64, Superior 4/03, ANR 1/06, Heritage 1/07 FUN lot 1373 - NGC64