Comments on: David Lawrence Sells 1879 $4 Stella For $1 Million https://www.coinnews.net/2017/12/14/david-lawrence-sells-1879-4-stella-for-1-million/ CoinNews delivers the latest World and US coin news Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:42:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Seth Riesling https://www.coinnews.net/2017/12/14/david-lawrence-sells-1879-4-stella-for-1-million/#comment-279181 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:42:24 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=65404#comment-279181 These pieces were never legal tender coins & are classified as coinage patterns & were never minted for circulation. These coinage patterns were produced in gold, copper, aluminum, & base “white metal” to show to politicians in D.C. as a possible future coin to no avail. Although, crooked U.S. Mint employees sold them to wealthy collectors against the law. Beautiful patterns they are for sure, both types, but not coins.

-NumisdudeTX

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