Washington obverse with "United States Of America" combined with the regular without rays reverse as used from 1867 onward. This muling is believed to have been struck outside the mint from dies sold as scrap metal which were purchased by Joseph Mickley. Many of these coins ended up in the Crosby collection. It is not known if Mickley or Crosby was the actual minter of these coins. Examples are known as follows: Nickel J516/P543 with only the known example overstruck on an 1867 Shield nickel. It is ex Roach (Lot 2903); Lohr; ANA 1952; Fuld; Picker; Kosoff; Crouch (Lot 205), B & R ‘Branigan’ (Lot 1771), Aug. 1978 Copper J517/P544 with 3 or 4 known 1) Crosby (Lot 1791); Stack’s ‘Garrett’ (Lot 582), Mar. 1976; Stack’s (Lot 455), Dec. 1980; Melnick ‘Hoffman’ (Lot 45), Nov. 1982; Stack’s ‘Barker’ (Lot 309), Oct. 1986, Early American History Auctions, Feb. 2008, Saul Teichman - PCGS64RB with perfect strike 2) Kreisberg, Feb. 1960; Kagin’s ‘Sale of the 70s’ (Lot 339), Nov. 1973; probably B & M (Lot 1194), June 1996, Heritage 11/03, ANR/Stacks 11/06 - reverse double struck with about 40 degree rotation between strikings - NGC63BN 3) Boyd; Farouk (Lot 1803); Green; Fuld; Picker; Kosoff; Crouch (Lot 206), Stacks 11/08 (unsold), Stacks 3/09 - reverse double struck with 170 degree rotation between strikings and also scratch above C in Cent - NGC62BN 4) David Queller 74.5 grains, .854 in., 360 degrees­ Perfect reverse, unconfirmed - is this a misdescription of the brass piece below? - since it does not appear to be in the Heritage 1/09 sale. Silver J518/P545 which is unconfirmed Brass J519/P546 which is believed to be unique and is ex 1) Crosby, Woodin, Brenner, ANS 1914, B & R Rare Coin Review, Nos. 21 and 22 (1974), pp. 43 and 80; Stack's, 10/2000, lot 1599, Queller-Heritage 1/09 - NGC64 perfect reverse. Lead J520/P547 with 4 examples confirmed. 1) Boyd; Farouk (Lot 1803); Green; Fuld; Picker; Kosoff; Crouch (Lot 207); Kagin’s ‘Great Eastern’ (Lot 3266), Oct. 1983 - reverse not cracked; this has also been called white metal (metalurgic analysis recommended). 2) Kagin’s ‘Metropolitan Washington’ (Lot 1125), July 1975; Kagin’s ‘ANA Sale’ (Lot 2109), Aug. 1988, on oversized planchet and cracked reverse. 3) Kreisberg-Schulman ‘R.K. Harris’ (Lot 2496), May 1958; Stack’s ‘Auction 89’:(Lot 1848), July 1989; B & M (Lot 932), Sept. 1994; Heritage ‘ANA 1996’ (Lot 5011), Aug. 1996 - $3,520, Stacks 7/08 (unsold), Stacks 11/08, Heritage 1/12 - PCGS60 struck from cracked reverse die. 4) Private collection since 1969, cracked reverse die. These were made from planchets which are not mint standard so attributions as to the true composition of these is questionable. Metallurgical analysis of these is recommended. For additional information click here Photo courtesy of Stacks.