1878 $1 J-1554 PR (PCGS#61915)
September 2005 Pre-Long Beach Auction #32
- Auctioneer
- Goldberg Auctioneers
- Lot Number
- 2307
- Grade
- PR61
- Price
- 3,220
- Lot Description
- Lot 2307
1878 Pattern Dollar. Silver, reeded edge.PCGS graded Proof 61 PQ.Old green holder. Pop 7; 26 finer.(PCGS # 61915) .
An attractive Pattern silver dollar designed by William Barber uses a large head of Liberty wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY in raised letters; IN GOD WE TRUST above. For the reverse, Barber placed an erect eagle with raised wings holding an olive branch in the right talon and three arrows in the left. E PLURIBUS UNUM is in small Gothic letters above. There are apparently several die varieties of this Type.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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