Significant U.S. Patterns

In three sentences or less give me one little fact about them. Pictures are also welcome as is your opinion (in one sentence , or less).
Who starts ? I wanna know !
Who starts ? I wanna know !
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There are two sentences and my opinion is that those who are bored need education.
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Here's one little fact: Most of them were a lot nicer than the designs chosen!
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One of the pattern sets I am currently working on is a denomination type set which when completed will include one example for each denomination that actually circulated in the US (notice my definition conveinently omits the Half Union
I would also add that the vast majority of coins listed in the Judd book are fantasy pieces or numismatic delicacies and not true patterns.
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The private possession of patterns has not been without it's controversy. Most significant was the 1910 seizure by government agents of a parcel containing 23 "pattern pieces" belonging to John W. Haseltine, a leading Philadelphia coin dealer with undisclosed private ties to Mint officials. The government asserted that the patterns had been removed from the Mint without authority, and that they remained the property of the United States.
It's tough keeping it to three sentences and an opinion... Who has pics ?
FrederickCoinClub
I hit the "bid" button, and a little pop-up came up saying "I don't think so"
Along those same lines
The prototype for the Morgan dollar J1550a
and the rejected design by Barber
patterns for our modern day coinage.
Camelot
<< <i>What say, that the mint goes back and uses some of those lovely
patterns for our modern day coinage. >>
You would think.
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Those patterns you've posted are unbelievable. Awesome designs.
<< <i>I hit the "bid" button, and a little pop-up came up saying "I don't think so" >>
Nice picture of some great pieces. Someday maybe I'll have the means
Patterns whose designs were subsequently used for coinage designs are called transitional patterns. Although the 1856 Flying Eagle cent is considered by many to be a regular issue, some people think it is a transitional pattern, as is the 1882 Liberty nickel (J-1690). I'm not sure what they call patterns made after a series has ended, such as the 1868 large cents, does anyone know?
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Great posts.
Thanks!
Approximately 90% of the patterns listed in Judd were struck during Director James Ross Snowden's reign, 1859-85. Most were struck purely for sport and profit. The party ended in 1885 when the more responsible James Kimball took over.
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