1806 Half Dollar Die Trial - J-A1806-1, Private Restrike

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Description

This white metal die trial is a private restrike from an obverse die of the 1806 Draped Bust half dollar. The die, a Pointed 6 obverse that Stack's matches to Overton 123 and 124, was sold by the Mint as scrap and impressed on white metal outside the Mint; Pollock records a note by Abe Kosoff naming David Proskey as the maker. Only the obverse design appears. More than half a dozen are known, and at least three more pair the die with a die for embossing a 12-cent stamp with Henry Clay's portrait, one of them on a shield-shaped piece of metal. The die itself is in the collection of the American Numismatic Society.

Rarity Notes

over a half dozen known (USPatterns.com)

Cross References

Judd-A1806-1; Pollock-6145