The unprecedented crossover underscores his personal efforts to combat “grade inflation.”
Undated 1876 Trade Dollar Dies 9-F. J-1475a and J-1475b were listed prior to the 8th edition as J-1320 and J-1321 of 1873, respectively. This undated pattern is believed to have been made in 1876, at which time modifications were being considered.
Obverse Description
Liberty seated, facing left, somewhat similar to the regular design, but with differences. She is seated on two cotton bales, wears a diadem, and holds an olive branch in her right hand and a ribbon inscribed LIBERTY in her left, with wheat sheaf behind. Sea in distance with rounded edges of the sea to the left. IN GOD WE TRUST on base. Thirteen stars around border; no date.
Reverse Description
Large perched eagle with detailed wing feathers, holding three arrows and an olive branch. Above, E PLURIBUS UNUM on ribbon. Below, 420 GRAINS, 900 FINE. Around border, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TRADE DOLLAR.
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