The 1885 die of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="w:Great Seal of the United States">Great Seal of the United States</a>.  This was a large departure from previous dies, and formed the basis for today's die, which is almost identical.  It was made by Tiffany &amp; Co, with their chief designer being James Horton Whitehouse.  It was used until 1904, when a new die with just a couple of small changes was made.   This die was lost for several decades but was found in 1976.
Photo courtesy of the Presidential Commissions office.
1885
Scanned from page 276 of <i>The Eagle and the Shield</i> by Richard Patterson and Richardson Dougall, 1978.