Heritage World Coin Auctions
CSNS Signature US Coin Sale 1254 26-28 Apr 2017
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Patterns
1878 $1 Morgan Dollar, Judd-1565, Pollock-1732, High R.7, PR67 Brown Cameo NGC. This is a muling of the obverse of Judd-1550A/1550B (Pollock-1725/1726) with the reverse of Judd-1554/1555 (Pollock-1733/1734). The obverse is similar to the adopted Morgan dollar, with the point of the bust truncation nearer to star 1 than to the 1 in the date. The wheat ear in Liberty's cap is distant from the R in PLURIBUS. On the reverse an eagle with drooping wings occupies the center, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ONE DOLLAR, the latter in minuscules, at the rim. E PLURIBUS UNUM appears arcing in a Gothic font above the eagle. The upright of the B in PLURIBUS is centered under the tip of the right bottom serif on the second T of STATES, and the M in UNUM is slightly left of center of the M in AMERICA. Struck in copper with a reeded edge.
Pollock notes that this is "a muling of incongruously matched dies having the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM on each side." This piece was struck at or near the zenith of Mint clandestine pattern production for profit. It almost appears that any obverse was paired with any available reverse in the search for new varieties with which to satiate the collecting public. At least the Mint -- usually -- drew the line at pairing two obverses or two reverses together. The surfaces are brightly reflective and primarily blue, giving the piece a not-so-obvious copper appearance. As stated in the grade, the devices are noticeably frosted and set off against the deeply reflective proof fields.
From The Siegel Collection.
HID02901242017
1878 $1 Morgan Dollar, Judd-1565, Pollock-1732, High R.7, PR67 Brown Cameo NGC. This is a muling of the obverse of Judd-1550A/1550B (Pollock-1725/1726) with the reverse of Judd-1554/1555 (Pollock-1733/1734). The obverse is similar to the adopted Morgan dollar, with the point of the bust truncation nearer to star 1 than to the 1 in the date. The wheat ear in Liberty's cap is distant from the R in PLURIBUS. On the reverse an eagle with drooping wings occupies the center, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ONE DOLLAR, the latter in minuscules, at the rim. E PLURIBUS UNUM appears arcing in a Gothic font above the eagle. The upright of the B in PLURIBUS is centered under the tip of the right bottom serif on the second T of STATES, and the M in UNUM is slightly left of center of the M in AMERICA. Struck in copper with a reeded edge.
Pollock notes that this is "a muling of incongruously matched dies having the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM on each side." This piece was struck at or near the zenith of Mint clandestine pattern production for profit. It almost appears that any obverse was paired with any available reverse in the search for new varieties with which to satiate the collecting public. At least the Mint -- usually -- drew the line at pairing two obverses or two reverses together. The surfaces are brightly reflective and primarily blue, giving the piece a not-so-obvious copper appearance. As stated in the grade, the devices are noticeably frosted and set off against the deeply reflective proof fields.
From The Siegel Collection.
HID02901242017