Owner Comments:
1870 $1 Seated Princess
Judd-1017, Pollock-1151
Low R.7, PR66 BN
Struck in copper with a plain edge.
Obverse: James B. Longacre's Indian Princess design featuring Liberty seated beside a globe, wearing an Indian headdress with 13 stars around. The word LIBERTY is inscribed across the center of the globe and Liberty is holding a pole topped with Phrygian cap. Longacre’s name inscribed below the base believed to honor him as he died the previous year
Reverse: The reverse is of the regular issue Liberty Seated dollar.
Comment:
Fewer than a dozen examples are known of this pattern dollar. For a coin designated as Brown this piece has a remarkable vibrancy. The fields are deeply reflective and each side has light gray-lilac color. Two light spots are located near the top of the reverse. An exceptional Indian Princess dollar.
Die Rotation 170Deg
Provenance/Appearance:
Private dealer sale Jan 2022, Prior
-From The Pacific Rim Collection, Heritage Nov 2021 Signature® Auction / Lot #3761;
-Ex: Central States Signature (Heritage, 4/2012), lot 5416;
-Ex Bob Simpson Stacks and Bowers August 2011 Chicago ANA Rarities Night / Lot 7504 ( Did not sell),
-Bowers & Merena Nov 1992 (Robert W. Miller, Sr) / Lot #1087 (PCGS 64BN)
-Superior Aug 1990, Auction 90 /Lot #1430 (PCGS 64BN)