Lot 2306
1873 Pattern Trade Dollar. Silver, reeded edge. NGC graded Proof 63. Mostly white with a hint of light gold toning. Pop 2; 9 finer. Popular trade dollar pattern (PCGS # 61578) .
Precursor to the 1873-83 issue of Trade dollars, this scarce silver example has a figure of Liberty seated facing left. Her right hand supports a liberty cap on a pole and the left rests on a globe inscribed LIBERTY; behind is a plough with short handles and a small sheaf of wheat, in front are two cotton bales and the sea in the distance. The reverse eagle clasps a shield in one talon and holds a ribbon inscribed E PLURIBUS UNUM on a long scroll in its beak.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,800.
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