Does anyone know how the term pattern coin originated.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 33,660 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 29, 2024 4:54PM

  https://uspatterns.com/glossary1.html

  Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 33,660 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 29, 2024 4:54PM

  @Saul Teichman
  @Andy Lustig

  Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.

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• Bustquarterhound Posts: 164 ✭✭✭

  November 30, 2024 6:36AM

  Thanks Capt.

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• DrDarryl Posts: 676 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2024 7:34AM

  Annual report of the Director of the Mint, 1887

  

  

  

  

  

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• CaptHenway Posts: 33,660 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2024 9:28AM

  Impressive citation!

  Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.

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• qrt Posts: 472 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2024 10:15AM edited February 5, 2025 4:43PM

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• Bustquarterhound Posts: 164 ✭✭✭

  November 30, 2024 11:30AM

  Thank-you Dr Darryl that was most informative.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 33,660 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2024 12:20PM

  Anybody have access to an Oxford English Dictionary?

  Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.

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• qrt Posts: 472 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2024 1:48PM edited December 2, 2024 10:50AM

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• qrt Posts: 472 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2024 2:05PM edited February 5, 2025 4:43PM

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