Barber's capped Liberty design in gold. This was also made as a half eagle J1575-J1576/P1768-P1769. Only 2 examples were struck in gold J1579/P1772. Roger Burdette found the following notation in the Mint Archives. "Feb 19, 1878, Two eagles and two half eagles of Barber’s design in gold for director’s office." The 2 pieces have the following pedigrees: 1) Parmelee, V. Brand (journal id #12719) to Horace Brand, Judd, Wilkison, Rothchild-Stacks 10/03, southern collection, Simpson collection - PCGS65, illustrated above courtesy of PCGS, click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement. 2) Massamore 11/1884 lot 506, Barclay-Steigerwalt 4/1885 lot 988, Foster Ely-Scott Stamp and Coin 11/1888 lot 112, Byron Reed, Durham Museum - ICG64, illustrated below. Photo from the Byron Reed Collection; owned by the City of Omaha, Nebraska; on loan to The Durham Museum. About a dozen are known in copper J1580/P1773 on both thick and thin planchets including the example illustrated below. Several of these have been gilted. 5 of these are in museums. For images of most of these, click here. Additional information on these can be found in the article "The 1884 Connection: A History of the 1878 U.S. Gold Patterns" in the November 1981 issue of The Numismatist.