Owner Comments:
1873 1$ Trade
Judd-1322, Pollock-1465
Rarity R.4, PR63
Struck in Silver with Reeded Edge.
Obverse: Similar to the regular issue trade dollar design, although the right tip of the base upon which Liberty's portrait is located is longer and extends to the border.
Reverse: The reverse has a small eagle with spread wings clutches a group of three arrows in its left talon and an olive branch in its right talon. A scroll in the eagle's beak is inscribed with the Latin motto E PLURIBUS UNUM, and the inscription 420 GRAINS, 900 FINE is in the field below the eagle. The legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is above, and the denomination TRADE DOLLAR is below.
Comment:
With the authorization of the trade dollar, the engravers and die sinkers at the Mint prepared many sample designs for officials to inspect. The "Commercial Dollar" patterns of 1872 were followed by the trade dollar patterns in 1873; in 1873 18 different obverse and reverse die combinations were struck in various metals and edge variants, leaving a legacy of 54 different Judd numbers.
US Patterns .com indicated that this one of the types sold in6 piece sets for 30$
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