1 Trade Dollar, Pattern, United States, 1873
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Object Details
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) trade dollar coin, pattern
- United States, 1873
- Obverse Image: Left-facing head of Liberty wearing a crown of leaves over braided hair. 13 stars.
- Obverse Text: 1873
- Reverse Image: Standing eagle holding arrows in one talon, supporting shield with other.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / IN GOD WE TRUST / 420 GRAINS. 900 FINE. / TRADE DOLLAR.
- Description
- Congress decided to create a trade dollar to promote the use of silver mined in the United States for commerce in Asia. This was an unsuccessful contestant for design consideration for a trade dollar. William Barber designed the reverse. J. A. Bailly was responsible for the obverse. Specialists assign this coin with a Rarity-4 status which means that between 76 and 200 are estimated to exist.
- [reference no. Judd 1281]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
- 1873
- ID Number
- 1985.0441.2005
- catalog number
- 1985.0441.2005
- accession number
- 1985.0441
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- silver (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 38 mm; 1 1/2 in
- place of issue
- United States
- Related Publication
- Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1099618
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-730b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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