1909 Trials, Patterns And Experiments At The Mint

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philoponus6 Valued Member United States 108 Posts	Posted 09/16/2022 8:53 pm Are there any available resources about any experiments the mints (Philly and SF) performed prior to releasing the 1909 VDB. I have read that the mint frequently experiments with various alloys when there is a change in coinage. I am particularly interested with any new alloys tested during that era. Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 09/16/2022 10:36 pm Interesting question. In parallel, the documentation relating the St Gaudens $20 has been thoroughly researched and published. Thus, it could be reasonably expected that documentation relating to the 1099 VDB One Cent coinage and alloy experimentation may also exist, but I do not know of any published data. Perhaps the ANS may have some published information that could be re researched. If not, new research could be done, but that will require researching US Mint archives. Almost certainly, the ANS would be happy to publish the results of any new original research relating to this subject. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19931 Posts	Posted 09/17/2022 01:24 am The only thing I can recall off the top of my head is they experimented with using the proof sand blasting method on business dies. There is some anecdotal evidence for this as some 1909-1910 coins exhibit matte-like fields. It's also speculated they retired the proof dies after the runs were finished and used them to mint business coins. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
Ballyhoo Pillar of the Community United States 1613 Posts	Posted 09/18/2022 8:12 pm Having checked in my copy of United States Patterns, Experimental, And Trial Pieces- J. Hewitt Judd, the only 1909 cent pattern (J1780, AW- 1749) was composed of copper-nickel. The previous cent, dated 1896, had four composition trials. Nickel, pure nickel (magnetic), bronze and aluminum. I mention this because, although not listed in the book, it is plausible that other compositions could have be experimented with in 1908/09 but not recorded or simply lost. ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon Report this Post to the Staff
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