(1836) Dollar Die Trial - J-A1836-4
Strike TypeCoin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $10,869
- Sold
- Grade
- NG0
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
Struck in white metal, this obverse die trial shows an early version of the 1836 Gobrecht dollar design. It differs from the issued design in small details of the drapery and especially the denticles, and the field shows the grid lines Gobrecht used to lay out the design. Only one side is impressed. Two examples are known; uspatterns reports that both are breaking up and held together by their paper backing, and one is the Pollock plate coin. The Smithsonian has the brass die and an impression on a square piece of lead. Thomas Sully sketched the seated Liberty that Christian Gobrecht engraved, and Titian Peale the flying eagle of the reverse.
Rarity Notes
2 known (USPatterns.com)
Cross References
Judd-A1836-4; Pollock-3025
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