1876 Dollar Patterns

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The 1876 Dollar Patterns page groups the dollar-size patterns dated 1876 in the Metric & Stella Patterns (1874-1879) series, nearly all of them trade dollar experiments struck at the Philadelphia Mint. William Barber's four Sailor Head obverses (J-1457 to J-1466) and his modified Liberty at the Seashore (J-1467 to J-1475) were struck in silver on trade dollar planchets and in copper, the Seashore obverse also with the No Motto and commercial dollar reverses as fantasies. Anthony C. Paquet's undated trade dollar (J-1475a and J-1475b) is placed in 1876, and copper strikings of the regular trade dollar and gold dollar dies (J-1476 and J-1478) were made for collectors.