Getz Patterns
Base
About This Coin
Pattern coins prepared by Peter Getz of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1792 as proposed designs for United States half dollar and cent coinage. Getz's patterns feature Washington's bust with WASHINGTON PRESIDENT legend and eagle reverses in both small and large designs. Original strikings are among the rarest and most valuable colonial-era coins, with the small eagle half dollar selling for over $1.7 million at auction. In the 1860s, Philadelphia diesinker Christopher Idler acquired the original dies and produced limited restrike copies in copper, bronze, white metal, and silvered white metal for the collector market. The Getz patterns represent one of the most important groups in the Washington series.
Specifications
Strike Types & Varieties(14)
1792 Getz-LEA Half Dollar
1792 GW-27 - Ider Getz "Copy" Half Dollar
1792 GW-27 - Idler Getz Copy Half Dollar
1792 Washington Getz Pattern Bronze Idler Copy Half Dollar
1792 Washington Getz Pattern Copper Idler Copy Half Dollar
1792 Washington Getz Pattern Large Eagle Half Dollar
1792 Washington Getz Pattern Ornamented Edge Cent
1792 Washington Getz Pattern Silvered White Metal Idler Copy Half Dollar
1792 Washington Getz Pattern Sm Eagle - Ornamented Half Dollar
1792 Washington Getz Pattern White Metal Idler Copy Half Dollar
1792 Washington President Getz Pattern - Small Eagle Half Dollar
1792 Washington President Getz Pattern - Small Eagle Lettered Edge Half Dollar
1792 Washington President Getz Pattern - Small Eagle Ornamented Edge Cent
1792 Washington President Getz Pattern - Small Eagle Ornamented Edge Half Dollar
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