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Created by:Lane J. Brunner, Ph.D.
Rod Gillis Numismatic Educator
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Mint Act of April 2, 1792 Philadelphia was only location Mint officials had to post $10,000 bond
(Five times the Director’s annual salary!) First coins struck in 1793 Only copper cents and half-cents
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Congress lowered bond to $6,000 March 1794 silver dollars were struck Dies prepared in 1793 by Robert Scot
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An impression emblematic of Liberty Inscription of the word LIBERTY Year of coinage Representation of an eagle Inscribed UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No denomination HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT
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1485/1664 silver and 179/1664 copper Fineness of 0.8924 Assayer Albion Cox complained Director David Rittenhouse allowed for
higher fineness of 0.900 (illegal!) Depositors lost money on transaction
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Total of 2,000 pieces struck One pair of dies All struck in one day Net mintage of 1,758 120-130 surviving examples
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New obverse design after one year Design change corresponded with new Mint
Director Henry William DeSaussure Matured Liberty Buxom Roman Matron Philadelphia socialite Ann Willing Bingham Reverse design slightly refined Still no denomination
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Dollar remained the flagship denomination Improved technology and quality Obverse design now with 13 stars Reverse was a heraldic eagle Iconography “blunder”
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Mint reports of dollars produced in 1804 Coins were struck in 1834 for diplomats Later restrikes in 1850’s All are unofficial “fantasy” pieces 15 known specimens In 1999 Childs specimen sold for $4.14 M
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No dollars produced since 1803 Coins did not circulate Primarily bullion depositors Large number exported 1831 authorization was given for dollars 1835 preparation began to coin dollars Christian Gobrecht adopted designs of
Thomas Scully and Titian Peale
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Obverse design similar to Gobrecht dollar Inspired by Britannia on British coppers Liberty in Grecian robe supporting Union
shield with LIBERTY inscribed Figure holds a pole with a Liberty cap Reverse design similar to half dollars Design adopted for all circulating silver
coinage
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Comstock silver mine Germany demonetizes silver Declining market price for silver “Crime of 1873” stopped dollar production Created a Trade dollar for international use Trade dollar had 420 grains 0.900 fine silver US dollar (412.5 gr) and Mexican 8R (416
gr)
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Very popular collectible today Minors lobbied Congress since 1873 Bland-Allison Act of 1878 required Treasury
to purchase 2-4 million ounces of silver each month
Coin was designed by George T. Morgan Philadelphia teacher Anna Willess Williams Unwanted by the public
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Produced to celebrate peace after WWI Pittman Act of 1918 stated Treasury could
melt up to 350 million silver dollars for bullion or subsidiary coins
The Mint must strike replacements Great for silver miners National competition won by Anthony de
Francisci (wife Teresa was the model)
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President George Washington
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President John Adams
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President Thomas Jefferson
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President James Madison
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President James Monroe
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President John Quincy Adams
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President Andrew Jackson
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President Martin Van Buren
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President William Henry Harrison
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President John Tyler
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President James Polk
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Zachary Taylor
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Millard Fillmore
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Franklin Pierce
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James Buchanan
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Abraham Lincoln
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Andrew Johnson
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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James Garfield
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Chester Arthur
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Grover Cleveland
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Benjamin Harrison
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Grover Cleveland
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William McKinley
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Theodore Roosevelt
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William Taft
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Woodrow Wilson
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Warren Harding
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Calvin Coolidge