1838 SILVER DOLLAR
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 0
Proofs: estimated 100
Designer: Obverse by Thomas
Sully, reverse by Titian Peale, both executed by Christian Gobrecht
Diameter: ±39 millimeters
Metal Content:
90% Silver
10%
Copper
Weight:
±412.5 grains (±26.7 grams)
Edge: Reeded (except for some
plain edge restrikes)
Mintmark: None (all examples of
this date were struck in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof 64. Ex -
Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", October 1-3,
2000, Lot 3515, "Judd 84", illustrated, sold for
$36,800.00
Varieties:
Originals
No Stars on Reverse
Silver - Reeded edge
- Judd 84
Die Alignment I -
unknown
Restrikes
No
Stars on Reverse
Silver - Reeded edge
- Judd 84
Die Alignment II -
unknown
Die Alignment III
Die Alignment IV
Silver - Plain edge
Starry Reverse
Silver - Reeded edge - unlisted
in Judd
Silver - Plain edge - Judd 88
Copper - Reeded Edge - Judd 90
Copper - Plain Edge - Judd 89
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"United States
Patterns and Related Issues" by Andrew W. Pollock III
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