Although described as regular dies trial pieces, these were actually deliberately struck for sale to collectors as part of complete off-metal sets. The aluminum and steel trials for this year used the same overpolished reverse die as used on the 1865 pattern J418/P490. The copper ones apparetnly did not as the example in Heritage 4/14 sale was not from this reverse. Examples were struck as follows: Copper J687/P768 with fewer than a half dozen known. Aluminum J688/P769 with only 3 or 4 known. Steel, pure nickel or iron J689/P770 with only one known. It is ex Brenner-1914 ANS exhibit, Brand, consigned to BG Johnson 10/27/36, Lohr, Bowers and Ruddy 1975 inventory, B/M 9/2001, Wilcox - PCGS61. We would like to see this and its companion pieces J808/P896 and J1058/P1193 analyzed. Photo courtesy of Julian Leidman.