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George Morgan's Coiled hair design in aluminum. At least 4 are known including the illustrated example from Sotheby's Browning collection. Prior to this, it was offered in Paramount's June 1975 Rare Coin List #10. The four known are ex Woodin-1914 ANS exhibit, Newcomer, 2 from the Virgil Brand collection and the fourth the Maris, Garrett-JHU, Stacks 3/76, Harry W. Bass Jr. Research Foundation piece.
For additional information on this and other patterns for international coinage, click here.
It was also part of a goloid set. To view Morgan's set which included this design, click here.
They were also struck in the following metals.
Gold J1660/P1860 with about 10 known. These were struck from shaved half eagle planchet stock resulting in the coins having striated surfaces.
Copper J1661/P1861 with over a dozen believed to exist.
Photo courtesy of Sotheby's from their Browning sale catalog.
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