Owner Comments:
1879 1$ Goloid Metric Dollar
Judd-1623, Pollock-1819
Rarity: Low R.7 PR63 BN
Struck in copper with reeded edge
Obverse: George Morgan's austere head of Liberty left, hair tightly coiffed, ribbon in hair reads LIBERTY
Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ONE DOLLAR around an agricultural wreath, with composition as “ 895.8 S. / 4.2-G. / 100-C. / 25 GRAMS” on four lines within a beaded circle within the wreath.
Comment:
Deep chocolate brown with deep orange highlights here and there. About a dozen examples of this variety are known.
Provenance/ Appearances:
Private sale April 2018; Prior,
- Stack's Bowers - The March 2012 Baltimore Auction /Lot #7195
- RARCOA May 1974 (CSNS) Lot 222,
- RARCOA Apr 1972 (CSNS) Lot 1165