Click to enlargeJA1877-2/P3422

This is an obverse die trial of William Barber's 1877 sailors head pattern struck J1501-J1502/P1654-P1655 in red wax.

It is unique and is ex Bement-H. Chapman 5/1916 part of lot 163, Mehl 11/54 lot 1599, Lohr, Batchelder, Cox-Stacks 4/62, Smithsonian.

Photo courtesy of the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution.