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Entry Details
PCGS Number: 12236 Coin Date: 1878 Denomination (Short): P$1 Denomination (Long): Pattern Dollar Variety: Copper Variety 2: J-1554b Desg: PR Composition: Copper Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1878 Mint Location: Philadelphia Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Barber Head, Liberty facing left, general style used on the $50 pieces of 1877, IN GOD WE TRUST above, seven stars left, six stars right, 1878 below. Reverse Description: Perched eagle with drooped wings, holding olive branch and arrows. Motto E PLURIBUS UNUM in small Gothic letters curved above eagle. Around border, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE DOLLAR. No stars on reverse. General Notes: 1878 Silver Dollar. First prototype with no stars on reverse at 4:00 and 8:00 PCGS #: 12236
