1792 PATTERN QUARTER DOLLAR IN WHITE METAL
Variety:
Judd 13
Mintage: Unrecorded
Designer: Joseph Wright
Engraver: Joseph Wright
Diameter: ± mm
Metal Content: White Metal
Weight range: grains
Edge:
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Images courtesy of Northeast
Numismatics
Subvarieties:
Judd 13a - obverse die trial
Judd 13b - reverse die trial
Notes:
The pair of die trials
illustrated above are ex - Charles Bushnell - Henry Garrett. The
obverse was certified as an AU-53 by PCGS; the reverse as an XF-45 by
PCGS. Northeast Numismatics offered the pair for $79,500.00 in the
July 29, 2002 issue of Coin World and they were reportedly sold at (or by)
the 2002 American Numismatic Convention in New York City in August 2002
for an undisclosed price.
Sources and/or recommended reading:
"United States Pattern, Experimental and Trial Pieces" by J.
Hewitt Judd, M.D.
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of United
States and Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen
"The U.S. Mint and
Coinage" by Don Taxay
"United States Pattern,
Experimental and Trial Pieces" by Dr. J. Hewitt Judd
Northeast Numismatics
advertisement, COIN WORLD, July 29, 2002, page 91
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