1860-O Seated Liberty Dollar AU About Uncirculated Details JO/1316

Description

Coin
Seated Liberty Dollar
Year
1860
Mint
New Orleans
Graded
No
Certified By
Uncertified
Grade
Ungraded
Notes
KSX
Seated Dollars (1840-1873)
·No Motto (1840-1865)
Silver dollar production was halted from 1804 until 1836, when Christian Gobrecht, at the direction of Mint director Robert Patterson, began producing his designs in advance of circulating production. He modeled the obverse after drawing made by Thomas Sully. After three years, the Seated design was ready for use. Production began at the Philadelphia Mint in 1840 using the “modern” steam powered presses. The obverse featured Gobrecht’s seated Liberty rendering and a heraldic reverse eagle that features a smaller shield than the earlier Draped Bust type. The coins were produced without the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” until the Civil War. These early seated examples were struck in relatively small quantities until production was increased in 1859. The No Motto type is beloved by dollar collectors as representations of a growing nation in the early part of the industrial revolution.
·Motto (1866-1873)
During the Civil War, religious passions spurred the addition of “IN GOD WE TRUST” to our nation’s coinage. It was added to Christian Gobrecht’s seated coinage in 1866. The motto eventually replaced E PLURBIS UNUM as our nation’s official motto. The Motto dollar was produced mainly by the Philadelphia facilities, but limited numbers were struck in the new western Carson City and San Francisco Mints. Examples from these Mints remain elusive, with the 1870-S being the key to the series.
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