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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.
Examples were struck as follows: To view all available images, click here.
Copper J595/P659 with over a half dozen known as noted below.
1) Britton-G Cogan 1/1883, Garrett-JHU, Stacks 3/76 in set, B/M 8/87 ANA, Superior 10/89 as NGC64RB, Superior 10/90 as PCGS64RB, B/M 3/95, Teletrade 11/21/2000, Teletrade 12/6/2000, Teletrade 12/12/2000, Superior 2/01, Rau-Heritage 4/18 - PCGS65RED with a spot near star 8, another touching star 10 and a spot below the eagle's left (observer's right) wing
2) Monaco 10/22 set - NGC64BN
3) Heritage 8/95 ANA as PCGS64RB, Simpson-Heritage 9/20 - PCGS66BN with a spot under the 2nd S in STATES and another near the eagle's left (observer's right) wing
4) B/M 1/97, Superior 2/00 - PCGS66BN
5) Paramount 5/69, Heritage 1/03 FUN, Heritage 1/04 FUN, Montgomery-Heritage 11/23 - PCGS63BN, illustrated above, click on the thumbnail image to enlarge
6) B/M 6/96 - proof 60n, possibly same as #5
7,8) Stolen from the Iowa State Historical Museum
Photo courtesy of Heritage.
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