1840 Quarter Pattern - J-110

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Description

Judd-110. This quarter dollar pattern, attributed to approximately 1840, represents one of the transitional experimental pieces produced during the early Seated Liberty era. Cataloged as Judd-110 in the standard pattern reference, it belongs to a small group of quarter dollar patterns from this period when Mint engravers were still refining the Seated Liberty design that had been introduced on silver coinage in the late 1830s. uspatterns.com describes it as Robert Ball Hughes's version of Gobrecht's seated Liberty with drapery, struck in brass with a plain edge: a crude prototype with center holes on both sides, made after Mint Director R. M. Patterson asked Hughes for a plaster model to serve as the basis for a new hub. Reference data: struck in brass with a plain edge, rated unique. Catalogued as Judd-110, Pollock-123, A/W 240, Taxay EP120. ex Mickley, Cohen, Parmelee, Woodin-1914 ANS, Brand and/or Newcomer, Farouk, Judd, Pine Tree 9/74, Mitkoff.

Rarity Notes

unique (USPatterns.com)

Cross References

Judd-110; Pollock-123; Adams-Woodin 240; Taxay EP120