CLARK, GRUBER & CO.
PATTERN COINS
A number of interesting
patterns occur for several of the Clark, Gruber & Co. gold
coins. Some appear to be contemporary pieces, others appear to be
more modern concoctions using the original dies. Determining the
difference is difficult and subject to debate. Where possible, we
present as many the positions of which we are aware.
1860 2-1/2 Dollars in
Copper
1860 Five Dollars in Copper
1860 Ten Dollars in Copper
1860 Twenty Dollars in Silver (Silver-plated Copper?)
1860 Twenty Dollars in Copper
1860 Twenty Dollars in Copper (Uniface, Reeded Edge)
1860 Twenty Dollars in Copper (Uniface, Plain Edge)
1860 Twenty Dollars in Gilt Copper
1860 Twenty Dollars in White Metal
1860 Twenty Dollars in White Metal (Uniface)
1861 2-1/2 Dollars in Copper (Plain Edge)
1861 2-1/2 Dollars in Copper (Reeded Edge)
1861 Five Dollars in White Metal (Plain Edge)
1861 Five Dollars in White Metal (Reeded Edge)
1861 Five Dollars in Copper (Plain Edge)
1861 Five Dollars in Copper (Reeded Edge)
1861 Ten Dollars in White Metal
1861 Ten Dollars in Copper (Plain Edge)
1861 Ten Dollars in Copper (Reeded Edge)
1861 Ten Dollars in Copper (Struck over an 1849 Large Cent)
1861 Twenty Dollars in White Metal
1861 Twenty Dollars in Nickel
1861 Twenty Dollars
in Copper (Plain Edge)
1861 Twenty Dollars in Copper (Reeded Edge)
1861 Twenty Dollars in Gold (struck over a U.S. 1857-S Double Eagle)
1861 Twenty Dollars in Gold (struck over a U.S. 1845 Half Eagle)
1861
Twenty Dollars in Gold (struck over an 1853 U.S. Assay Office Twenty
Dollars)
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"Private Gold Coins and Patterns of the United States" by
Donald H. Kagin
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