Metric Dollar "Barber's Head" Patterns
1879 $1 Metric Dollar, Judd-1618, Pollock-1813, R.5
William Barber's Metric Dollar with Liberty wearing a coronet with a border of pearls. The reverse is elaborately laid out with a partial wreath of cotton and corn tied at the base, a ribbon, and with DEO EST GLORIA on a tablet above, all surrounding the elemental composition of goloid. Presumably struck in silver, rather than goloid, with a reeded edge.
PR45 $1,437.50 (Oct 22, 2009 HA.com)
1879 $1 Metric Dollar, Judd-1617, Pollock-1813, R.4
William Barber's Metric dollar with Liberty wearing a coronet with a border of pearls. The reverse is elaborately laid out with a partial wreath of cotton and corn tied at the base, a ribbon, and with DEO EST GLORIA on a tablet above. Struck in goloid or silver with a reeded edge. Without metallurgical testing it is impossible to know what composition these pieces were struck in.
PR62 $2,070.00 (Apr 30, 2009 HA.com)
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