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Seated Miss Liberty #2 in my collection.The tribute to The Seated Liberty Silver Dollar issued from 1836 to 1891. - This tribute coin was inspired by the Seated Liberty Silver Dollar.
The seated Liberty design appeared on the US silver coinage of half dime, the dime, the quarter, the half dollar, and the silver dollar from 1836 through 1891.
The basic obverse design of the Seated Liberty coinage consisted of the figure of the goddess Liberty clad in a flowing dress and seated upon a rock. In her left hand, she held a pole surmounted by a liberty cap, which had been a symbol of freedom.
When the first Seated Liberty half dimes and dimes appeared in 1837, the obverse contained no stars. The next year, the coins featured thirteen six-pointed stars around the rim, commemorating the original thirteen colonies - My tribute coin misses a couple of stars :).
On the reverse there is an eagle about to take flight, with a striped shield upon its breast. The eagle clutched an olive branch of peace in its right talons and a group of arrows in its left talons. Above the eagle around the rim were the words "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and below the eagle around the rim lay the coin denomination.
Beginning in 1866 the coins featured a ribbon with the motto "In God We Trust" above the eagle.