TRENTON, N.J. - An anonymous buyer has paid more than $30 million for a collection of rare U.S. prototype coins, some from the 1700s, that never went into circulation, according to the dealer that brokered the deal.
The collection consists of about 1,000 coins that collectors refer to as pattern coins — trial designs that never went into production because the U.S. Mint chose other designs.
"This collection is an incredible collection. ... These were some of the first coins ever, ever struck by the United States government," said Laura Sperber, a partner in Legend Numismatics of Lincroft, N.J., which brokered the deal.
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Aw, no pics?
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QUOTE(TreasureGirl @ Nov 18 2007, 11:21 AM) 
Aw, no pics?
anyway
anywayYeah really, what a waste of words, when a picture would have said much more.
I am FASCINATED by patterns and need to figure out a way to get the $$$ to buy one for myself.
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