1800 Dollar Pattern - Perkins Private Issue, Washington Portrait
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The 1800 Washington Dollar by Jacob Perkins is a private pattern dollar-sized piece bearing the portrait of George Washington, produced as part of Perkins's broader campaign to demonstrate his steel-die engraving technology. PCGS treats it as undated and places it between 1800 and 1818. The dollar-denomination pattern features a portrait of Washington on the obverse, executed with Perkins's steel-die process. The piece was not intended for circulation but rather as a specimen to impress government officials and potential commercial clients with the superior quality of Perkins's engraving method. Jacob Perkins operated from Newburyport, Massachusetts, and later Philadelphia, developing multiple innovations in die-making, coinage, and printing technology. While the United States Mint did not adopt his proposals, Perkins's technology became the foundation of secure banknote printing on both sides of the Atlantic and represents an important chapter in American industrial innovation.
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PCGS #893829
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