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PCGS Number: 510103
Coin Date: 1876
Denomination (Short): Trade$
Denomination (Long): One Dollar
Variety: Obverse II, Reverse II
Desg: MS
Prefix: Rare Variety
Composition: 90% silver; 10% copper
Mintage: 455,000
Strike Type: Business
Coinage Type: Trade dollar
Coinage Years: 1873-1885
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Diameter: 38.1
Fineness: 0.9
Weight (Grams): 27.22
Weight (Ounces): 0.7874
Designer: William Barber
Edge: Reeded
Obverse Description: Lady Liberty is seated on a stone wall, facing left, with an olive branch in her extended right hand and a ribbon bearing the word LIBERTY in her resting left hand. IN GOD WE TRUST us carved into the base and her seat is otherwise adorned with a bundle of wheat. 13 stars adorn the periphery with the date at the lower middle. Type II obverse features ends of scroll pointing down; extended hand has four fingers.
Reverse Description: An eagle is centered in the design with the weight of the coin listed below as "420 GRAINS. 900 FINE." The words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and TRADE DOLLAR adorn the top and bottom periphery with a ribbon stating the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM above the eagle's head. Type II reverse without the extra berry under the eagle's left (viewer's right) claw. Arrowhead ends over 2 in "420".
General Notes: Obverse II, Reverse II. Rare Variety. Cherrypickers' Guide #FS-701. Very rare die combination. According to Stack's Bowers Galleries, "the type II/II hub combination of the circulation strike 1876 is one of the keys to completion of a trade dollar variety set."
PCGS #: 510103
NGC ID: 2539