1965 Quarter Pattern - J-2116
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The 1965 Quarter Pattern - J-2116 is the Martha Washington quarter-size metallurgical trial in copper-nickel clad. 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). USPatterns.com believes it the first metallurgical trial in the clad composition later adopted and counts over a dozen; six are in the Smithsonian's two Lucite blocks. Two die pairs are known: the 1965 dies have the lettering close to the rims and Grove's initials under the bust, and later dies, like those used in 1999, have the lettering farther in and no initials. The Battelle report lists the same quarter in other metals (J-2115 and J-2117 to J-2126). NGC lists it as 1759(1965) J-2116 25C.
Rarity Notes
over a dozen known (USPatterns.com)
Cross References
Judd-2116; Pollock-2082
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