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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benveniste, post: 2486363, member: 25547&quot;]From that period of the mint history the difference between a fantasy piece and pattern eludes me.&nbsp; A large number of pieces would fit the definition of something &quot;someone of the mint created for sale,&quot; including, perhaps most famously, the type II and III 1804 dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do know that the both the 10-cent and 1-cent 1868 braided hair coins are collected as patterns, and at least PCGS classifies the 10-cent pieces as &quot;Large Cent Obverse Patterns.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/setcomposition.aspx?c=1153" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/setcomposition.aspx?c=1153" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/setcomposition.aspx?c=1153</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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