Lot 1085
1879 Pattern Metric Dollar, J-1627, rarity 2, silver, reeded edge. Proof 61. Pollock-1823, AW-1606. Design by William Barber, the head of Liberty wearing a cap with a broad band inscribed LIBERTY, incused, cap is ornamented with heads of wheat, cotton leaves and bolls, E PLURIBUS UNUM above. The reverse with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * 100 CENTS in margin, with GOLOID METRIC DOLLAR surrounding. The curious weights are noted at the center, for conversion into metric and hence making the value easy to calculate, in theory by anyone in the world. Toned the standard gray color with lilac highlights in the fields, with minor hairlines in the fields the only complaint. Enormously popular with collectors.
From Numismatic Funding Corporation, Melville, NY, then to the Madison Collection.
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| Realized $1,380 |
