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1846 DT$2 1/2 Quarter Eagle, Judd-110A, Pollock-124, U

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1846 DT$2 1/2 Quarter Eagle, Judd-110A, Pollock-124, U
<B>1846 DT$2 1/2 Quarter Eagle, Judd-110A, Pollock-124, Unique, PR65 Brown NGC.</B></I> 38.0 grains. The 1840s is a desolate decade for U.S. Mint patterns. Aside from a few 1849 patterns, such as the famous Longacre-designed double eagle, there are no patterns from the 1840s, with two exceptions. Judd-110 is a unique, undated, and unfinished hub impression for a Seated quarter. Judd-110a is also unique, and important as the only dated pattern between 1840 and 1848.<BR> Struck in copper with reeded edge, this piece was initially a dies trial for the 1846 quarter eagle. The piece was then struck again, but this time with an 1846 half eagle obverse die. The second strike took place without a collar, which caused the piece to expand in diameter slightly. Thus, the piece is an 1846 half eagle obverse die trial, struck on a copper 1846 quarter eagle dies trial.<BR> The second strike could be called a flipover, since it takes place over the reverse from the first strike. Both 1846 dates are clear, and exhibit a die rotation of close to 90 degrees from coin turn. The second strike is slightly uncentered toward 10:30, which takes a few stars and a section of dentils off the flan. The undertype is apparent on both sides. On the struck side of the half eagle obverse die trial, STATES OF and 2 1/2 D are easily read, and details from the eagle's wings and shield are also visible. Since the second strike is uniface, the reverse bears no design from the second strike. However, the reverse is not blank, since it shows the impression from the first strike, although flattened by the second strike, which was against an unknown but hard and nearly featureless metal object. The quarter eagle date is clear, and the portrait is fully outlines. The reverse is slightly wavy, as made, while the obverse is level. The second strike is sharp on the obverse center, and reasonable at the borders, where the designs from the two borders blend together.<BR> Presumably, the present piece was once part of a series of die trials struck to test 1846 dies of various denominations. These were likely under order to be destroyed, and nearly all were, except for this remarkable survivor.<BR><I>Ex: ANA Auction (New Netherlands, 8/52), lot 4478; Stetson University Collection (Bowers and Merena, 5/93), lot 2429.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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