Results Set Record for the Firm's Highest Grossing Auction Sale in its 90+ Year History.
Patterns (1834) Values
The Patterns (1834) series of Pattern Coinage in the U.S. Coins contains 6 distinct entries.
History and Overview
There is but one pattern listed this year, again a private restrike, in this instance a quarter dollar. Half eagle die impressions in copper of the new Classic Head design (J-51 and J-51 a) are listed tentatively until examples are studied.
Collecting Perspective
One or two restrikes in copper exist of an 1834-dated quarter dollar struck from rusted dies, the obverse used to originally strike Browning-3 and -5, the reverse identity not known. Little is known about the copper $5 pieces. At least one well-known piece (the Byron Reed example) has been found to be a counterfeit.
Greysheet News
While reviewing the initial results in various categories of recent auctions, my initial take is that the sales were moderate to strong.
More than 300 lots, consisting of high quality Walking Liberty half dollars from the Mack C. Chase Collection are set to cross the auction block as part of Stack's Bowers Galleries' November Showcase Auction, the official auction of the Whitman Expo.





