Designed by James B Longacre to complement the proposed three- and five-cent nickels, this pattern was created after his death early in 1869.

A pattern coin is a proposed design presented to Congress for approval.  Most pattern coins, such as this one, never make it into production.  Congress' reluctance to eliminate the popular Indian Cent contributed to this.

The Feuchtwanger Cent was an attempt by Lewis Feuchtwanger during the 1830-40's to help alleviate the shortage of small denomination coinage.

Made of argentan, more commonly known as German Silver, the coins were produced of an alloy of copper, nickel, zinc, tin, and trace metals.

This cent design was presented to Congress in 1837 for approval as legal coinage.  Despite Congress' denial, Feuchtwanger continued to produce and circulate these tokens out of his New York City pharmacy by the thousands until 1844.

As rare as the famous 1913 Liberty Nickel, at a fraction of the price.  Only six examples are known to exist and this is the finest one.  The 1913 Liberty fetched $5.2 million in a recent auction.  An 1838 example of this quarter fetched $184,000 in January 2007 at the Heritage auction (see chart here).

According to the NGC census, NGC has graded two of these such coins.  One is a PF-65 Cameo, while this is a PF-65★ Cameo.

You can read about NGC's ★ designation here.

A highly sought-after issue of the 1932 quarter, this coin is in stunning shape and exhibits full mint luster.  As rare as the 1932-D, but at the moment, only being sold for a third of the price.

This coin is currently sub-$1000 priced, which is difficult to locate just about anywhere.