1792 Washington Getz Pattern White Metal Idler Copy Half Dollar
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The 1792 Washington Getz Pattern White Metal Idler Copy Half Dollar is filed under Getz Patterns in the Washington Pieces (1783-1800) series. Peter Getz, a self-taught engraver of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, cut dies in 1792 for half dollars with G. WASHINGTON PRESIDENT I. and a bust copied from the 1791 cents (Baker). Baker lists a reverse with a large eagle and thirteen arrows, its die cut through as if rejected (No. 23), and a small eagle with fifteen stars in silver (No. 24) and copper (No. 25). He adds that a copy of No. 24 was made about 1858 by Robert Lovett Jr. for William Idler and struck in several metals, with the word COPY sometimes removed; Musante numbers these copies GW-27. This is one of the copies made about 1858 for William Idler, not a Getz original (Baker; Musante GW-27). It is catalogued as Musante GW-27. PCGS lists it as #528678.
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Musante GW-27
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