PATTERNS AND TRIAL PIECES
The Gerber Collection of patterns and trial strikes is the largest ever to be put on sale at one time. The patterns include both 19th Century European products, ordered from the Royal Mint in London, the Soho Mint in Birmingham, the Paris Mint, and 19th and 20th Century products of Mexican mints. Their interest lies in the unusual and often beautifully produced unadopted types and legends, as well as stylistic variations on the established types. Some of the most notable of the Gerber pieces include the colonial 1821 8-Reales in copper, the 1823 hooked-neck eagle 8-Reales with reverse legend in intaglio, the 1851 Culican 8-Reales with Sonora eagle, the richly detailed 1855 Guanajuato 8-Escudos, and the beautiful uniface strikings of the Maximilian small legend Peso.
Among the trial strikes are many pieces not registered previously.
COLONIAL
Pattern Grano, Mexico City, 1769, struck in copper (cf. Pradeau 1937, p.65, "student engraver's trial pieces"; Buttrey --), holed as usual, otherwise very fine
Details
Pattern Grano, Mexico City, 1769, struck in copper (cf. Pradeau 1937, p.65, "student engraver's trial pieces"; Buttrey --), holed as usual, otherwise very fine