1876 G$1 Gold Dollar, Judd-1478, Pollock-1631, R.8, PR64 Brown PCGS Secure. CAC....

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1876 Gold Dollar Pattern Struck in Copper
Judd-1478, PR64 Brown

1876 G$1 Gold Dollar, Judd-1478, Pollock-1631, R.8, PR64 Brown PCGS Secure. CAC. Like the 1871 gold dollar pattern struck in copper (Judd-1161), this 1876 gold dollar is also struck in copper from regular dies for the gold dollar of the year. Judd lists it as a die trial, but a more-logical explanation of their existence comes from USPatterns.com, which says the pieces were likely struck as part of complete off-metal sets for sale to collectors. The explanation is even more compelling, due to the popularity of the nation's Centennial observances and related coinage.
Some of the more rampant excesses of the Mint striking and restriking coins for sale to collectors seem to have come during the tenures of Mint Director Henry Richard Linderman, who served a first term from 1867-69 and a second term from 1873-78. It was during the latter period that the first Class III 1804 silver dollars appeared, around 1875. Many of the so-called off-metal or fantasy restrike Gobrecht silver dollars are believed to hail from the same period.
This piece has pinkish-gold and aqua-blue coloration on the obverse, while the reverse is more uniformly and beautifully blue-green. A tiny planchet indent, as made, appears in the obverse field behind Liberty's head, but there is no visible post-strike contact.

Coin Index Numbers: (PCGS# 61800, GSID# 14655)

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