Martha Washington Obverse Die
Used to Strike Half Dollar Experimental
Test Pieces for U.S. Judd #2131-2143
NGC Certified & Encapsulated
1 of Only 3 Known In Private Hands
$75,000

There are only three Martha Washington Half Dollar-Sized Uncancelled Obverse Dies in private hands, two mint state and one proof. There is only one proof Martha Washington Half Dollar-Sized Uncancelled Reverse Die known in private hands. This half dollar obverse Martha Washington Die was featured on the cover of Mint Error News Magazine Issue #44 (Spring 2018).

Below is the full story on the Martha Washington Test Pieces including my discovery in 2000 of the first (9) test pieces in different compositions and surfaces. Coin World featured my first Martha Washington Discovery test piece in a front page article in their August 7, 2000 Issue.

This Die belongs in a collection of U.S. patterns or unique U.S. numismatic treasures. It is part of the ongoing U.S. Mint's history of experimenting and striking pattern coins prior to producing our nation's coins for circulation.

This Martha Washington Half Dollar-Sized Obverse Die is featured in the U.S. Patterns website (uspatterns.com) that references all U.S. patterns and related numismatic rarities. Click here for more information.

Here is the cover story from Mint Error News Issue 44:
















This Martha Washington Half Dollar-Sized Obverse Die is featured in the U.S. Patterns website (uspatterns.com) that references all U.S. patterns and related numismatic rarities:

A Martha Washington Half Dollar-sized test piece sold for $15,600 in the May 2023 Central States Heritage Auction. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions (ha.com)

The Martha Washington Test Piece discoveries
are featured in chapter 15 of my
NLG Award winning book, World's Greatest Mint Errors: