1965 Dime Pattern - J-2101, Martha Washington
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $10,200
- Sold
- Grade
- MS66
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
The 1965 Dime Pattern - J-2101, Martha Washington is a dime-size metallurgical trial struck in copper-nickel clad from the Mint's Martha Washington test dies. The Philadelphia Mint struck these test pieces for the Battelle Memorial Institute's study of replacement alloys for the Treasury, reported on February 12, 1965 (Coin World). The Martha Washington obverse is by Edward R. Grove and the Mount Vernon reverse by Philip Fowler, and the pieces are dated 1759, the year George Washington married Martha (Coin World). Six examples sit in the Smithsonian in two blue Lucite blocks with the quarter J-2116 and the half dollar J-2134, and USPatterns.com counts over a dozen in collectors' hands. The Battelle report lists the same dime in other metals (J-2100 and J-2102 to J-2111, among them nickel, silver clad, columbium, zirconium, Monel and stainless steel); USPatterns.com does not know whether any of those survive. NGC lists it as 1759(1965) J-2101 10C.
Rarity Notes
over a dozen known (USPatterns.com)
Cross References
Judd-2101; Pollock-2081
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