 1873 Trade $1.00. Judd 1293 (R-4). Silver, RE. Very Choice Brilliant Proof. This glowing silver Pattern shows a graceful seated Liberty leaning on a globe with a plow, bale and heads of rice. A sliver of seashore at left completes the composition. The dramatic reverse design was created in 1872 for William Barber's ''Amazonian'' Silver coins, featuring a standing eagle holding the U.S. shield and arrows with a scroll inscribed E PLURIBUS UNUM floating above.
Gorgeous liquid-glass mirror fields interact with the subtly frosted reliefs to create the spectacular overall beauty of a fully Gem piece. The strike is wonderfully bold, but as so often with Patterns of this busy era, there is a small area of weakness at the reverse center. Finding a specimen finer than this conservatively graded near-Gem would be a significant challenge.
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