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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jody526, post: 117922, member: 578&quot;]This is the Garrett collection complete 1868 proof set from the cent to the double eagle struck in aluminum.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1882_6586541" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These were struck originally for presentation purpose as Pollock mentions a request by Henry Linderman to have &quot;two sets of impressions of our coins struck in Aluminum prepared as early as they can be without an interruption to the regular business of the Mint. I desire to send one set to the Bank of England and another to France&quot;. Pollock also notes that Linderman asked for 2 more sets 2 days later.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is likely that some of these were deliberately made for sale to collectors. The first recorded sale of one of these cased sets was lot 1381 of the 1870 Mason &amp; Company sale of the William Fewsmith collection. This set was bought in by Mason and sold piecemeal in his next sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Brand collection had two sets, Woodside&#039;s purchased in 1895 and Stickney&#039;s purchased in 1907. Today 3 sets are believed to still exist including the illustrated Garrett set above, one in the collection of Eric Newman and the third in Bowers and Merena&#039;s January 1995 sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar aluminum sets were also made in 1869. The H.P. Smith set was purchased by Brand and is no longer believed to be intact.</p><p><br /></p><p>Off-metal die trial sets, both complete or partial, are known for many years from 1866-1876, 1884 and 1885. They were quite commonly seen in auction sales of the late 1800s and early 1900s and were deliberately made for sale to collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sets for the years 1863, 1864 and possibly 1865 were made circa 1869 and into the early 1870s. They combined quarters, half dollars and silver dollars with the &quot;In God We Trust&quot; reverses on them as used from 1866 onward with restruck three cent, half dimes and dimes. The trimes and half dimes are known for having an open &#039;D&#039; in United and the dimes are known for having a broken &#039;S&#039; in States. Additional pieces that were struck as part of these sets include the 1863 two cent pieces with large motto J316-318/P381-P383 and some 1863L and 1864L Indian cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>These sets were struck in silver, copper, aluminum and nickel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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