1868 10C Ten Cents, Judd-646, Pollock-718, Cassel-29, R.7, PR61 PCGS....

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1868 Ten Cents Pattern
Judd-646, PR61
Unusual Aluminum / Silver Alloy

1868 10C Ten Cents, Judd-646, Pollock-718, Cassel-29, R.7, PR61 PCGS. 11.9 grains. The obverse has an ornamental shield in the center with an inverted laurel wreath suspended from a ring. A pair of crossed arrows is behind the shield. The peripheral device reads EXCHANGED FOR U.S. NOTES. The reverse displays ONE DIME / 1868 / a six-pointed star in the center / surrounded by a cereal wreath. Struck in aluminum / silver alloy with a plain edge. SEM-EDX testing, conducted by QC Metallurgical on Certificate number 60864.61/9321628, shows this piece to be composed of 61.1% aluminum, 29.5% silver, 6.19% iron, and 3.21% copper. One can only speculate what the Mint's intention was in striking this (and the other Judd-646) in this unusual aluminum / silver alloy. David Cassel considered these two pieces fantasy products of the Mint with a value of nine cents at the time they were produced. The surfaces, undoubtedly a result of the peculiar alloy, are dull and chalky-white. The strike is strong throughout and there are numerous small, but individually insignificant spots across each side.
Ex: W.J. Crouch Collection (Superior, 6/1977), lot 297; Gene Wolfe Collection of Postage Currency Patterns / FUN Auction (Heritage, 1/2000), lot 7424; David Cassel.
From The David Cassel Collection.

Coin Index Numbers: (PCGS# 60864, Greysheet# 13122)

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