Martha Washington Reverse Die
Used to Strike 1 Cent Experimental
Test Pieces for U.S. Judd #2180
NGC Certified & Encapsulated
UNIQUE in Private Hands
$75,000
This is the only known Martha Washington Cent-Sized Uncancelled Die in private hands. It was featured on the cover of Mint Error News Magazine Issue #51. There are only four other Martha Washington Half Dollar-Sized Uncancelled Dies known in private hands, two mint state and two proof. These half dollar Martha Washington Dies were purchased by Mike Byers. The first one discovered was featured both in Coin Week and 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 Martha Washington Cent-Sized Uncancelled Reverse 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.
These Martha Washington dies are featured in the U.S. Patterns website that references all U.S. patterns and related numismatic rarities.
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Here is the cover story from Mint Error News Issue 51:
The first Martha Washington Half Dollar-Sized Obverse Die discovered
was featured on the cover of Mint Error News Magazine Issue 44:
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:
