1792 Quarter Die Trial - J-A1792-1
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This die trial in white metal represents one of the earliest attempts to create a quarter dollar denomination at the newly established United States Mint. It is the obverse die of the 1792 Wright quarter pattern (Judd-12 in copper, Judd-13 in white metal) impressed on its own, so the other side is blank: a bust of Liberty facing right, with LIBERTY above and the date 1792 below. A Mint memorandum of September 1793 records Joseph Wright asking payment for two quarter dollar essays he had cut on David Rittenhouse's instructions, which is why the dies are credited to him, though uspatterns notes that who cut them is not settled. The piece is unique and has been sold together with the reverse trial, Judd-A1792-2, since the Bushnell sale of 1882; uspatterns counts the pair among the earliest die trials known from the Mint.
Rarity Notes
unique (USPatterns.com)
Cross References
Judd-A1792-1; Pollock-3001
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