1879 Metric Dollar

HBCC#:

6154

Breen#:

n/a

BD#:

n/a

Judd#:

1631

Pollock#:

1828

This is a delightful obverse design by George Morgan. Liberty has her hair coiled in a tight bun behind her head. It is composed of goloid alloy; none are known in silver. Possibly ten examples of this design exist in goloid alloy, with another ten in copper, aluminum, and white metal. One purpose of the metric alloy was to allow the Mint to produce a physically smaller size one dollar coin.

Provenance:

Purchased from Abe Kosoff on November 3, 1970.

Obverse:

Head of Liberty to left with tightly coiled hair and headband inscribed LIBERTY, E PLURIBUS UNUM above and date below with 13 stars.

Reverse:

A circle composed of stars contains 15.3 – G. / 236.7 – S. / 28 – C. / 14 GRAMS., motto DEO EST GLORIA in field directly below circle, denomination GOLOID METRIC DOLLAR is directly above, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA at top periphery divided from 100 CENTS at bottom periphery by cinquefoil.

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