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<strong>Mint</strong> <strong>Error</strong> <strong>News</strong> Price Guide<br />
Martha Washington Test Pieces<br />
There is one set of a Dime, Quarter and<br />
Half struck by Martha Washington<br />
dies that are permanently housed in the<br />
Smithsonian Institute, embedded in blocks<br />
of lucite. According to United States Pattern<br />
and Related <strong>Issue</strong>s, by Andrew W. Pollock<br />
III, “the only trial pieces purported to have<br />
survived metallurgical testing in 1965 were<br />
the Dime, Quarter Dollar, and Half Dollar<br />
equivalent strikes in copper-nickel clad over<br />
copper.”<br />
Mike Byers’ discovery of the Martha<br />
Washington Test Piece on a copper-zinc Cent planchet struck 10% off-center with a uniface reverse<br />
was a front page Coin World article on August 7th, 2000. In a response to the Martha Washington Test<br />
Piece that he discovered, the <strong>Mint</strong> announced that “the dies are available to the <strong>Mint</strong>’s metal and blank<br />
vendors for testing.”<br />
Denomination Unc Choice Gem<br />
Martha Cent $6,000 $7,500 $10,000<br />
Martha Nickel $7,500 $10,000 $12,500<br />
Martha Dime $20,000 $<strong>30</strong>,000 $50,000<br />
Martha Quarter $15,000 $20,000 $<strong>30</strong>,000<br />
Martha Half Dollar $10,000 $15,000 $20,000<br />
Martha Dollar (SBA Planchet) $25,000 $35,000 $50,000<br />
Martha Dollar (Sac Planchet) $15,000 $20,000 $25,000<br />
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