Object Details
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) trade dollar coin, pattern
- United States, 1884
- Obverse Image: Liberty seated, holding a branch. Stars around.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1884
- Reverse Image: Eagle clutching branch and arrows. Scroll above eagle.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 420 GRAINS. 900 FINE. / TRADE DOLLAR.
- Description
- Silver coins with these designs were struck between 1873 and 1878, their target the lucrative trade of the Far East. But the idea proved to be a fiasco, and production for commerce ceased after 1878. A few were made through 1885. This silver-plated version exists in an edition of two. [reference no. Judd 1732]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Benjamin, Harvey G., and Norman Stack
- 1884
- ID Number
- 1979.0979.0001
- catalog number
- 1979.0979.0001
- accession number
- 1979.0979
- catalog number
- 79.43.01
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- silver (overall metal)
- copper (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 mm x 38 mm; 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in
- place of issue
- United States
- Related Publication
- Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1084750
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-56c3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
