Owner Comments:
1870 $1 Dollar (Indian Princess)
Judd-1018, Pollock-1153,
Rarity: R.8, PR65
Ex: Simpson
Struck in Aluminum with a reeded 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:
This Gem proof is one of likely three examples known of this rare issue. The surfaces are light champagne-gold and show no mentionable distractions of post-Mint origin. A small raised planchet mark about nine dentils left of the date, near the rim, is typical of aluminum coinage, both pedigree marker and evidence of the recalcitrant nature of the metal. We also notice three tiny spherical marks in the obverse field between Liberty and star 3.
Provenance/Appearance:
Private dealer sale Jan 2023, Prior
- Ex: Bowers & Ruddy Oct 1977 (Fairfield Collection) / Lot#50;
- Steve Ivy Jan 1978 ( CW Henderson Sale) / Lot #1059:
- University Park Sale (Steve Ivy, 3/1981), / lot #1510;
- Central States Signature (Heritage, 5/2003), / Lot#7108, as PR64 NGC, which realized $29,900;
- Bob Simpson Sale, Heritage Nov 2020 / Lot #3195;
- Heritage April 2021 Central States / Lot #5222