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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;miedbe7, post: 2209863, member: 33919&quot;]Bingo [USER=74849]@NSP[/USER] It&#039;s the Judd-67 1836 $1 Gold Pattern Piece designed by Christian Gobrecht.&nbsp; He actually took time off from designing his Silver Dollar to do this &quot;side project&quot;.&nbsp; It was based on the &quot;cap and rays&quot; design found on mexican coinage of the day.&nbsp; One really nice example is up for auction coincidentally at this week&#039;s ANA show in Chicago.&nbsp; I did not know this before posting, pretty cool! Here&#039;s Stack&#039;s and Bowers <a href="http://www.stacksbowers.com/NewsMedia/Blogs/TabId/780/ArtMID/2678/ArticleID/65253/Gorgeous-Gem-Judd-67-Pattern-Gold-Dollar-to-be-Featured-in-Rarities-Night-at-our-2015-Chicago-ANA-World%E2%80%99s-Fair-of-Money-Auction-.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stacksbowers.com/NewsMedia/Blogs/TabId/780/ArtMID/2678/ArticleID/65253/Gorgeous-Gem-Judd-67-Pattern-Gold-Dollar-to-be-Featured-in-Rarities-Night-at-our-2015-Chicago-ANA-World%E2%80%99s-Fair-of-Money-Auction-.aspx" rel="nofollow">release</a> on the coin in question.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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