The 1838 Davignon 1-A was the first 1838-dated variety documented by Davignon in his counterfeit CBH books. This variety is currenty a singleton and is not positively known to be associated with any other documented varieties. It was struck on a German silver planchet with a reeded edge.  Reeded edge hand-made die struck counterfeit CBH varieties are fairly rare as there are only 40 known varieties documented.  This variety is considered scarce, with fewer than 20 documented examples.