Lot 1554
1900 Lafayette Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice old time toning, well struck and still displaying its satiny luster to full effect. America's first Commemorative Silver Dollar, the designs were by Charles E. Barber after an engraving of Houdon's bust of Washington. On the reverse, Barber depicted the Lafayette equestrian statue at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Lafayette Dollars were sold to defray part of the cost of completing Paul Wayland Bartlett's statue of the French General, then under construction in Paris for display at the exposition. Out of an authorization for 50,000 pieces, 36,000 were sold, the remainder being melted (PCGS # 9222) .
Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600.
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| Realized $2,300 |
