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America’s Rarest “What-If” Coins: Proven Strategies for Collecting U.S. Pattern Coinage

Summary by CoinWeek
United States pattern coins represent ideas that never reached circulation. They show what the U.S. Mint considered, tested, and ultimately rejected. For collectors, that makes them both intellectually compelling and genuinely rare. Pattern coinage rewards patience and strategy. It does not reward shortcuts. As a result, this field continues to attract advanced collectors who value history, scarcity, and long-term perspective. The Origins of U.S…
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CoinWeek broke the news in on Friday, February 6, 2026.
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