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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PyrotekNX, post: 87643, member: 3918&quot;]If the image is Sitting Bull, the coin would have to be made after 1867 because that&#039;s when he was made chief.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know any modern US coins that are 28mm.&nbsp; A quarter is 24mm and a half dollar is 30mm.&nbsp; According to coinfacts, a large cent is 27mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>It wouldn&#039;t make sense that it it is a large cent pattern because large cents haven&#039;t been made since 1856.&nbsp; Canadian coins usually put the current monarch on the obverse, not a famous american.&nbsp; Obviously is is not a war time token because Sitting Bull became famous in the 1880s.</p><p><br /></p><p>A $10 Gold Eagle is 27mm.&nbsp; This could very possibly be a pattern for a $10 Indian Gold Eagle.&nbsp; The designs are very similar and it seems to fit the timeline.&nbsp; Gold coin die trials are usually not made out of gold.&nbsp; Most gold die trials are also melted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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