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1851 Pattern Silver $1. J-132 NGC PF65 BR

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1851 Pattern Silver $1. J-132 NGC PF65 BR
<b>1851 Pattern Silver Dollar. Copper, reeded edge. J-132. NGC graded PF65 BR.</b> NGC serial number 1816204-003. So-called regular die trial for the Seated dollar. Struck in copper with a reeded edge. An incredible value and rarity for the collector of Patterns or, just as desirable, something for the seated Liberty dollar specialist to ponder owning as well. According to the Uspatterns.com website, these pieces were deliberately made for sale to collectors and not really &#34;trials&#34; in the sense usually understood. In early 2001, several articles in Coin World by Quentin David Bowers, a noted scholar, discuss such practices at the mint in those years of providing pieces d&#39;caprice to favored collectors. Donald Taxay, too, has extensive coverage in his U.S. Mint and Coinage book published in the 1970s. Examples are also known in silver and nickel of this rare 1851 seated dollar struck in off-metal. This piece shows incredible striking definition with rich purple brown and blue patina. Everything is pristine, unlike a few recent offerings of &#34;just miss&#34; examples of the J-132 Pattern with their &#34;couple of stray field marks&#34; impairing the surface. No one needs a glass this coin&#39;s marvelous state of preservation. The finest known as of April 2006.

IMPRESSIVE PATTERN 1851 SILVER DOLLAR STRUCK IN COPPER, JUDD-132 <b>&#40;PCGS # 11564&#41;</b>

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