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US Patterns – Images Values Mintages
Half Cent Patterns
One Cent Patterns
Two Cents Patterns
Three Cents Patterns
Half Dime Patterns
Seated Indian Headdress Half Dime
Five Cents Patterns
Feather Headdress Liberty Nickel
Dime Patterns
Twenty Cents Patterns
Quarter Patterns
Half Dollar Patterns
Seated Liberty Indian Headdress
One Dollar Patterns
Indian Headdress Seated Liberty
Liberty Seated On Globe Trade Dollar
Indian Headdress Seated Trade Dollar
U.S. One Cent Patterns
United States Pattern coins are varied and diverse, with mismatched designs and denominations, but display more of the artistic side of the U.S. engravers and mint officials. One cent patterns abound in different designs, like the Annular cent (left), but never made it to circulation status nor lofty mintages.
The Annular Cent is but one example, of the many different proposed designs for a new one cent coin. Furthermore, this created a rare and valuable market, and an alternative market for coin collectors that are not much inspired by the standard designs adopted for American Coinage.
The list of One Cent Patterns doesn’t stop at the Annular Cents, but also includes more familiar alterations of the Indian Cent, Flying Eagle Cent, and Braided Hair types, but also includes other unconventional, and not widely known types like the Shield One Cent, One Cent with the Three Cent Nickel Obverse, and the 1942 Centavo plastic planchet cent, to just name a few.
If you want to know more of these rare patterns, and see pictures, mintages and more information, visit our One Cent Patterns Guides. You will be surprised!