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| | Bass Sale 1 Session 2 |
 | | Coins with holes at the center in the Oriental style (the 1850 annular or ring cent is an example), suggested but never adopted series (the lightweight Standard Silver issues of 1869-1870), special purpose coins (the Postage Currency redemption 10-cent pieces of 1863), and others are fascinating to study and own today. |
 | | Patterns struck for true pattern purposes-to test various concepts-were often made from hastily finished dies showing many raised parallel striae or die lines, crisscrossed raised lines, etc. There is no line of demarcation, as, of course, a true pattern die used later to strike numismatic delicacies would still show characteristics of being hastily made. |
 | | In the context of pattern cent coinage, billon was an alloy consisting of 90% copper and 10% silver (which is just the reverse of the standard silver alloy of the time for half dimes to dollars, which consisted of 90% silver and 10% copper). |
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