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The Collectors' Auction 2011
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1879 Goloid dollar (J-1617). PCGS Genuine Proof (AU Details/cleaned/code 92). 1879 Goloid dollar (J-1617). PCGS Genuine Proof (AU Details/cleaned/code 92).
Lot Title: 1879 Goloid dollar (J-1617). PCGS Genuine Proof (AU Details/cleaned/code 92).
Description: The obverse mimics the regular Morgan dollar to some degree, while the reverse design ambitiously crowds a table of silver content equivalents into an elaborately wreathed presentation. William Wheeler Hubbell filed for patent of the "goloid" composition on April 14, 1876, the special alloy specifying 1 part gold, 24 parts silver, and 2.5 parts copper by weight. The resulting metal has an aluminum-white appearance, but is visually indistinguishable from any coin struck in silver, making it undesirable as an easily copied alloy for spurious counterfeits. This example displays moderate hairlines in all the fields, both obverse and reverse, and appears to be lightly handled, suggesting the PF-58 grade level. (PCGS# 061995)
Low Estimate: $1,600.00
High Estimate: $1,900.00
Lot Status: Bidding has been closed for this lot.
Hammered Price: $1,550.00
Price Realized: -
1879 Goloid dollar (J-1617). PCGS Genuine Proof (AU Details/cleaned/code 92).
1879 Goloid dollar (J-1617). PCGS Genuine Proof (AU Details/cleaned/code 92).

Price history for items of the same classification:
Lot #AuctionCurrent Bid or Hammer PriceDescription
1098The Collectors' Auction 2012 on 10/05/2012$2,300.00
1879 silver dollar pattern, J-1617. PCGS PF-62.
Certainly an apropos select in our auction for The Silver Dollar Show, the 1879 Judd-1617 represents an attempt by the mint to establish a so-called "metric dollar". Inscriptions on the reverse spell...
895The Midwest Summer Sale 2010 on 07/23/2010$2,200.00
1879 $1 Metric Dollar (J-1617, P-1813, R.4). NGC PF-62.
www.USpatterns.com indicates that the Judd-1617 metric dollar was sold in sets along with Judd-1626 and Judd-1635 -- the gold stella -- to congressmen for $6.10, and later to collectors to $15. Is...

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