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Message:: [QUOTE="calcol, post: 25461483, member: 77639"]You're right on 2-1.  In fact there were a lot patterns meeting this criterion.  Some quarter, half and one dollar pattern coins in the “standard” series of 1870 lack the name of the country.  They had a sitting liberty or sitting Indian princess obverse design and either a wreath or eagle on the reverse.  These weren’t the first “no country” U.S. patterns though. Some of Anthony Paquet’s liberty seated half dollar patterns of 1859 didn’t mention the country.  There are other later patterns without United States on them.   Of course, none of these coins were adopted for large scale minting. You're right on 2-2 as well.  1915-S Pan Pac gold $50 coins weigh in at a beefy 83.6 g.  Want one?   Often in auctions … going for about $100K.    Two gold $50 patterns, J-1546 and J-1548, also weigh 83.6 g.  Want one?  Sorry, the only existing coins are in the Smithsonian. On 2-4:  Bela Lyon Pratt was a man. On 2-5: nope Good show! Cal[/QUOTE]