1875 $1 Dollar, Judd-1420, Pollock-1563, High R.7, PR65+ PCGS. CAC....

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1875 Liberty by the Seashore Dollar in Silver
Judd-1420, Five Examples Traced, PR65+
Ex: Newlin-Garrett, Pedigreed Back to 1883

1875 $1 Dollar, Judd-1420, Pollock-1563, High R.7, PR65+ PCGS. CAC. Ex: Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection. The obverse shows a seated figure of Liberty facing left at the seashore, with 13 stars ringing the rim and the date 1875 below. She holds an olive branch and rests her left hand on a globe reading LIBERTY. Two flags and a sheaf of wheat flank her. A steamship with sails appears in the water, with the sails billowing in one direction and steam blowing in the opposite direction. A scroll above the date reads IN GOD WE TRUST. The reverse is the regular issue No Motto silver dollar design. Struck in silver with a reeded edge.

The popular Liberty by the Seashore design was implemented by William Barber. Examples of this obverse paired with the regular No Motto Seated dollar design exist in silver, as here (struck on Trade dollar planchets), as well as in copper and aluminum. Edgar Adams and William H. Woodin noted that six examples of this type in silver were manufactured, while USPatterns.com has traced five. We have handled Judd-1420 on only four different occasions since our Permanent Auction Archive was established in 1993. Two of those appearances represented the same coin. The last example we handled was the Simpson coin (a duplicate, the other being PR66 Cameo PCGS) in January 2022. That piece was graded PR62 by PCGS.

The Bass coin offered here is the sole finest non-Cameo submission at PCGS and CAC. Each side displays original shades of gold, blue, and violet patina over smooth, contact-free surfaces. Eye appeal is outstanding, especially in tandem with the marvelous obverse design.
Ex: Harold P. Newlin Collection (John W. Haseltine, 4/1883), lot 355, realized $26; John Work Garrett - Johns Hopkins University Collection (Stack's, 5/1976), lot 655.
From The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Core Collection, Part II.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 2ABL, PCGS# 61727, Greysheet# 14448)

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