Do you own any pattern coins, experimental, or trial pieces?

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The 10th edition of Judd’s United States Pattern Coins, edited by Q. David Bowers, will come out this fall.


If you collect U.S. coins but you don’t know about patterns. . . you’re only getting half the picture. These rarely seen experimental pieces illustrate the trials, struggles, and backstage intrigue that preceded so many of the U.S. Mint’s regular-issue coins. Now, for the first time ever, the completely updated 10th edition of Dr. J. Hewitt Judd’s classic text is illustrated in brilliant color. Building on Judd’s foundation, award-winning author Q. David Bowers offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the history, rarity, and market values of America’s rarest coins.


As Bowers says in the preface, “A knowledge of patterns is essential to the understanding of the entire panorama of American coinage.”