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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 4829694, member: 77639&quot;]The coin was designed by James Longacre, fourth chief engraver of the mint.&nbsp; He also designed the flying eagle and Indian head cents, the two cent, the silver and nickel three cents, and&nbsp; the shield nickel.&nbsp;&nbsp; The design is often called the French liberty head because the portrait on the obverse is similar in style to contemporaneous French coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; Longacre did a number of half dollar designs with this obverse which are pictured in U.S. Pattern Coins, 10th ed by Judd.&nbsp;&nbsp; There were 12 different patterns (Judd-237 through Judd-246).&nbsp; They all had the same obverse, but there were 5 reverse designs.&nbsp; The reverse designs incorporated either a wreath or an eagle.&nbsp; There are silver and copper versions of each pairing.&nbsp; And one design variation also has a mysterious letter H on both copper and silver versions.&nbsp; All are rare with fewer than 200 coins produced of any one type.&nbsp; Some are exceedingly rare with fewer than 10 produced.&nbsp; The letter H varieties are unique.&nbsp; Beautiful design that was never approved for production.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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