1880 $4 J-1661, RB PR (PCGS#72046)
The March 2011 Baltimore Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 6060
- 等级
- PR64
- 价格
- 470,681
- 详细说明
- 1880 Pattern Four-Dollar Stella. Coiled Hair. Judd-1661, Pollock-1861. Rarity-6. Proof-64 RB (PCGS). CAC. The obverse features George T. Morgan's Coiled Hair design with a head of Liberty facing left. Her hair is braided and coiled, and she is wearing a ribbon inscribed LIBERTY. The border is inscribed * 6 * G * .3 * S * .7 * C * 7 * G * R * A * M * S * and the date 1880 is below. On the reverse, a fine-pointed star (or stella) is inscribed with the denominations ONE STELLA and 400 CENTS. The Latin mottos E PLURIBUS UNUM and DEO EST GLORIA are around the star, the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is above and another expression of the denomination FOUR DOL. is below. Struck in copper with a reeded edge.<br /> Perhaps the most famous and eagerly sought (among today's advanced collectors) pattern for international coinage struck in the United States Mint, the Four-Dollar Gold Stella does not represent the first attempt to create a coin that would approximate in value the more widely used coins of various countries. The idea was doomed to failure, however, as approximations would never work in active commerce and the coins would end up trading at their precious metal content, with the attendant difficulty of re-valuing them in whatever monetary system the specific parties were accustomed to using.<br /> Even so, the United States Mint prepared several patterns for the Four-Dollar denomination in 1879 and 1880 using two different designs, with by far the most numerous in today's market being the 1879 Flowing Hair pieces struck in standard gold alloy of 90% gold, 10% silver. The other four gold types -- 1879 Coiled Hair, 1880 Flowing Hair and 1880 Coiled Hair -- are much, much rarer with only 12-18 pieces known for each of those types.<br /> Equally rare is this copper striking of George T. Morgan's 1880 Coiled Hair Four-Dollar Stella. Only about 12 specimens of this type (att
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