Patterns

“Open for me your cabinet of Patterns, and I open for you a record, which, but for these half-forgotten witnesses, would have disappeared under the finger of Time. ....Now, only these live to tell the tale of what might have been.” Those words of Mint Curator Patterson DuBois in the January 1883 American Journal of Numismatics still speak volumes about this often neglected area of U.S. numismatics. Even more than their intended-for-commerce brethren, patterns reflect the events, economics and personalities of their time. The status, origins, the very definition of these frequently enigmatic pieces have been a subject of fascination and debate ever since the little-known Mint products first came to the attention of collectors in the 1830s.

In his 1994 reference United States Patterns and Related Issues, numismatic researcher Andrew W. Pollock III defines a pattern as “an experimental piece which either illustrates a proposed coinage design, or which embo.... (Expand Text)

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1875 G$1 GILT J-1432 PR64 PCGS

REGULAR DIES. STRUCK IN COPPER. GLISTENING GOLDEN GILT SURFACES. RARITY-7. CAC.
$16,500.00

1875 LIBERTY $2.5 J-1435, ALUMINUM PR66 Deep Cameo PCGS

ALUMINUM PLANCHET. GEM DEEP MIRRORED SURFACES WITH FROSTY CAMEO DEVICES. RARITY-7. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED AND ONLY ONE WITH A DEEP CAMEO DESIGNATION.
$39,600.00

1875 SAILOR HEAD $5 J-1439 GILT, J-1439 GILT PR65 GILT PCGS

GEM SURFACES AND PERFECTLY GILTED. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED. RARITY-7. BASS PEDIGREE. CAC
$38,500.00

1876 $20, J-1491 PR65 Brown PCGS

GEM CHOCOLATE PATINA ADORNS THIS COPPER LIBERTY $20 LIBERTY. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED. RARITY-7. BASS PEDIGREE.
$66,000.00

1876 SEATED 25C, J-1455 PR64+ Red Brown PCGS

GEM RICH RED BROWN SURFACES. RARITY-8. MOST LIKELY UNIQUE.
$24,750.00

1877 50C J-1505 PR64 Brown PCGS

VERY CHOICE BROWN/REDDISH SURFACES. ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN. RARITY-8. FAROUK PEDIGREE.
$82,500.00

1877 PATTERN HALF UNION $50, J-1547 GILT PR63 PCGS

GILTED. AN EXTRAORDINARY SPECIMEN OF A MOST DESIABLE PATTERN . ONLY FOUR KNOWN TO EXIST AS GILT SPECIMENS. THIS SHEAR SIZE ALONE IS BREATH TAKING. J-1547 GILT. CAC.
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1878 - $5 J-1569 PR68 Brown PCGS

FABULOUS COPPERY/BLUE PATINA. THE DEVICES APPEAR CAMEO. RARITY-7. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED. CAC.
$45,000.00

1878 $2.5 J-1567, J-1567 PR65 Red Brown PCGS

GEM RED BROWN SURFACES ADORN THIS POPULAR MISS LIBERTY DESIGN AND EAGLE REVERSE BY GEORGE MORGAN. RARITY-7. THIS IS THE SOLE RED BROWN DESIGNATED SPECIMEN. BASS PEDIGREE.
$24,750.00

1878 $5 GILT J-1574 PR63 PCGS

BARBER FLOWING HAIR DESIGN. CHOICE GILTED SURFACES. HIGH RARITY-6. TIED WITH ONE OTHER COIN FOR HIGHEST GRADED.
$24,750.00

1878 $5 J-1568A PR66+ Red Brown PCGS

SUPERB GEM RED BROWN SURFACES. RARITY-7. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED. BASS PEDIGREE.
$27,500.00

1878 $5 J-1574 PR67 Brown PCGS

FLOWING HAIR DESIGN. GEM SURFACES WITH LOTS OF MINT RED EVIDENT. RARITY-6. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED WITH A CAC STICKER. CAC.
$32,950.00

1878 GILT $2.5 J-1567, J-1567 PR64 NGC

LIBERTY HEAD WITH HAIR IN A BUN. TIED FOR FINEST GILT SPECIMEN CERTIFIED. RARITY-7.
$24,750.00

1878 LIBERTY HEAD $5 J-1576 PR66+ Brown PCGS

GEM BROWN REDDISH SURFACES. RARITY-7. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED. CAC.
$27,500.00

1878 MORGAN $1 J-1553, J-1553 PR65+ Red Brown CACG

MORGAN DESIGN. GEM RED BROWNISH SURFACES ADORN THIS SPECTAULAR COIN STRUCK IN COPPER. BELIEVED TO BE UNIQUE WITH A PEDIGREE THAT GOES BACK TO 1895. ONCE KING FAROUK OWNED THIS AMAZING RARITY. J-1553. CAC.
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1878 STANDARD $1 J-1554b PR65+ Red Brown PCGS

STANDARD DOLLAR. GEM RED BROWN LUSTROUS SURFACES. RARITY-7. ONLY FOUR KNOWN TO EXIST. THE SOLE HIGHEST GRADED. GARRETT PEDIGREE. CAC.
$38,500.00

1879 $1 J-1622 PR67 Cameo PCGS

METRIC DOLLAR STRUCK IN SILVER. GEM WHITE CAMEO PROOF. RARITY-7. MORGAN LIBERTY HEAD DESIGN.
$28,500.00

1879 50C J-1601 PR65 PCGS

MORGAN DESIGN. HIGH RARITY-6. HW BASS PEDIGREE.
$27,500.00

1879 GOLOID METRIC $1 J-1632 PR66 Red PCGS

MORGAN'S MISS LIBERTY DESIGN. GEM RED PROOF SURFACES. RARITY-7. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED. PEDIGREED TO COLONEL GREEN.
$47,500.00

1879 GOLOID METRIC $1 J-1634 PR64+ Cameo PCGS

GEM CAMEO SURFACES STRUCK IN ALUMINUM. UNIQUE. KING FAROUK PEDIGREE. CAC.
$49,500.00

1879 METRIC S$1 J-1623 PR65 Red PCGS

GEM RED SURFACES. RARITY-7. THIS IS THE SOLE SPECIMEN GRADED IN THE RED CATAGORY.
$27,500.00