There's a chapter in my future book about failed early commemoratives. Quite a few actually and I know I haven't found all of them. This design is not half bad. Edgar H. Adams, #12 I live in Virginia so here is the Coat of Arms (1876): The Numismatist, January 1912, p. 1-2.
Interesting, most of they early commemorative coins celebrated a states acceptance into the union, yet this coin recognizes the growth of the United States as a whole.
