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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tibor, post: 7935990, member: 73385&quot;]Originally the Patterns that didn&#039;t become regular coinage were struck</p><p>to show lawmakers and mint officials how the prospective design would</p><p>look. It wasn&#039;t till much later, 1880&#039;s and later, that some of them were</p><p>reissued for collectors. The mint would do this to secure rare pieces</p><p>that were not in the U.S. coin collection. Several beautiful designs were</p><p>rejected. Shame that they can&#039;t be issued as one ounce coins like the</p><p>ASE and AGE. Did you know that in the mid 1800&#039;s the aluminum</p><p>was as highly regarded as gold?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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