Lot 799
1859 Pattern Double Eagle. Copper, reeded edge. NGC graded Proof 64. Struck in 1859 but bearing no date, this interesting pattern for a double eagle is a mule of the Anthony Paquet-designed Liberty seated design with the regular reverse of 1859 by Longacre. Pop 3; tied for the finest
The engraver is one of relatively few assistants at the Mint who never achieved the chief engravership position, but whose name is a numismatic byword today. Although Anthony C. Paquet signed many medals at the Philadelphia Mint, including the particularly important Washington Cabinet Medal for presentation on February 22, 1860, his patterns are unsigned. Among patterns attributed to Paquet are certain cent dies circa 1858, pattern half dollars and this $20 coin of 1859, several issues of the 1860s, and at least one 1877 half dollar, among others. Dies employing tall letters with thick uprights are often attributed to him, and in the case of certain 1859 half dollars and of the 1861 Paquet Reverse $20 this is correct. Others may have been from punches that Paquet made, but which were employed by different artists.
Estimated Value $9,000 - 12,000.
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| Realized $23,000 |
