A question about a Pattern.

keets

Actually two: Who owns J-691 and are there any pictures of it??



Al H.

Broadstruck

Here's ya go ketts as Google Image is our friend



Not really a pattern but muled with two obverse dies on possibly a slow day at the Philadelphia mint in 1869.



Nevertheless it's a unique & neat oddity which somehow escaped the mint... Maybe by the press operator himself?

keets

thanks for the commentary more than the picture. if a mainstream collector such as yourself understands how this piece most likely came into being why are so many other similar type of items from this era legitimized??

mercurydimeguy

It's a good thing I don't collect 1869 patterns else I'd go broke

Broadstruck

Originally posted by: keets

thanks for the commentary more than the picture. if a mainstream collector such as yourself understands how this piece most likely came into being why are so many other similar type of items from this era legitimized??

Numismatic authors are not God's who walk on water and do make mistakes. Edgar Holmes Adams had it listed as a Pattern in his 1913 book titled United States Pattern, Trial, and Experimental Pieces. Sadly at times previous errors get grandfathered as being legit once someone else does revisions to prior works. Based on the amount of die grease in the shield lines you can see the IHC die was added during a production run of nickels.