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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 3566458, member: 1765"]I'm thinking this through mostly from the US point of view. To me, a pattern is a coin struck with a prototype design and/or on a prototype planchet by or on behalf of the mint. This covers 1, 2, 4, and 5 above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Category 2 has a bit of a gray area. There are types where there was a short-lived design that was in the process of being changed as it went into production. The Morgan dollar needed to go into production when it did, ready or not. The design continued to be modified while it was being produced, giving us the 8TF, 7/8 TF, and two different 7TF reverses, along with minor obverse hub changes. These aren't patterns, but had testing continued longer than it was permitted, perhaps the 8TF reverse would only be known as a pattern today. Likewise for other things that weren't caught in time for lack of various types of testing, but quickly changed when they hit production (1864 SM 2c, 1913 Ty. 1 5c, 1883 No CENTS 5c).</p><p><br /></p><p>Category 3 is a little trickier. If a final version approved as is was issued as circulation coinage, then there's no way of telling it was a pattern unless produced in a different manner. I don't know of US designs that indicated they were patterns.</p><p><br /></p><p>Category 5, off-metal strikes, can have a gray border with fantasy strikes. Some of these were produced upon request and had nothing to do with development of a new coin. Nevertheless, they fit in with the pattern category.</p><p><br /></p><p>Category 6 should not cover merchandise not made by or on behalf of the mint that would be developing the design, materials, or technology.</p><p><br /></p><p>There's another category I would add, and that is testing of a minting technology. The GM Roller Press coins come to mind here. Had the tests used actual circulating designs and planchets, I would say that these would qualify as patterns, assuming one could tell them from coins produced with the normal production technology.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 3566458, member: 1765"]I'm thinking this through mostly from the US point of view. To me, a pattern is a coin struck with a prototype design and/or on a prototype planchet by or on behalf of the mint. This covers 1, 2, 4, and 5 above. Category 2 has a bit of a gray area. There are types where there was a short-lived design that was in the process of being changed as it went into production. The Morgan dollar needed to go into production when it did, ready or not. The design continued to be modified while it was being produced, giving us the 8TF, 7/8 TF, and two different 7TF reverses, along with minor obverse hub changes. These aren't patterns, but had testing continued longer than it was permitted, perhaps the 8TF reverse would only be known as a pattern today. Likewise for other things that weren't caught in time for lack of various types of testing, but quickly changed when they hit production (1864 SM 2c, 1913 Ty. 1 5c, 1883 No CENTS 5c). Category 3 is a little trickier. If a final version approved as is was issued as circulation coinage, then there's no way of telling it was a pattern unless produced in a different manner. I don't know of US designs that indicated they were patterns. Category 5, off-metal strikes, can have a gray border with fantasy strikes. Some of these were produced upon request and had nothing to do with development of a new coin. Nevertheless, they fit in with the pattern category. Category 6 should not cover merchandise not made by or on behalf of the mint that would be developing the design, materials, or technology. There's another category I would add, and that is testing of a minting technology. The GM Roller Press coins come to mind here. Had the tests used actual circulating designs and planchets, I would say that these would qualify as patterns, assuming one could tell them from coins produced with the normal production technology.[/QUOTE]
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