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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 25463304, member: 77639&quot;]In the last half of the 1800’s, a lot of patterns were sold “out the backdoor” of the mint or went into collections of mint officials.&nbsp; So, as many combinations as possible of dies were used to generate as many unique patterns as possible.&nbsp; Sometimes the resulting coins had both obverse and reverse without “UNITED STATES” on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, among 50-cent patterns, J-933 had liberty sitting on the obverse and no U.S. inscription and an eagle on the reverse with “UNITED STATES” near the edge.&nbsp; J-939 had a bust of liberty with “UNITED STATES” near the edge on the obverse with “50 CENTS” in a wreath on the reverse but no U.S.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, to make another unique pattern to sell, those clever boys paired the obverse die of J-933 with the reverse die of J-939.&nbsp; And voila! … they created J-927 which doesn’t have “UNITED STATES” on it anywhere.&nbsp; There was never any intention that such a coin might become a production coin for general circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>See the pics below.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Cal</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630025[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630026[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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