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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2123664, member: 66&quot;]Did some checking and I was off on the date, it was 1887 not 1896.&nbsp; It was the result of regulations from the Director of the Mint.&nbsp; He tried to use those regulations to prevent the sale of former Director Lindermans collection which contained many patterns.&nbsp; (He was overruled and the sale took place in 1888.&nbsp; Twice in 1910 the regulations were used to confiscate patterns from dealer Capt John Haseltine&nbsp; (patterns dated mainly before 1887) but he was able to successfully argue that there had been no regulations against them before 1887 and that those should be legal.&nbsp; It was so agreed and all of the pieces dated 1887 and earlier were returned to him.&nbsp; The article doesn&#039;d specifically say but I would assume the post 1887 pieces were not returned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Source: Pollock&nbsp; United States Patterns and Related Issues appx I and II[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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