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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 423542, member: 6229"]I sincerely hope this trivia is as fascinating to you as it is to me. The following design has become the U.S. Mint's all-purpose design for testing new compositions and planchet sizes both inside the Mint and outside by companies contracted by the Mint including IDX Inc, PMX Industries and Olin Brass Corporation. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Patterns) <a href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_52144772" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_52144772" rel="nofollow">http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_52144772</a>  Surprised? That's Martha Washington on the obverse and, of course, Mount Vernon on the reverse. The trial piece you just looked at is believed to have been struck in 1999. It uses the Martha Washington design first used in 1965 struck on a regular cupro-nickel clad planchet, but this one has an intermittently reeded edge - 6 reeds per block.  This design has become the U.S. Mint's all-purpose design for testing new compositions and planchet sizes both inside the Mint and outside by companies contracted by the Mint including IDX Inc, PMX Industries and Olin Brass Corporation.  For more exciting revelations on new trial strikes clink on this link: <a href="http://uspatterns.com/marwasdesons.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://uspatterns.com/marwasdesons.html" rel="nofollow">http://uspatterns.com/marwasdesons.html</a>  Hope you enjoyed this trivia, Clinker [/QUOTE]

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