1 Trade Dollar, Pattern, United States, 1873
date: label: Date made
content: 1873
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) trade dollar coin, pattern
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1873
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing head of Liberty wearing a crown of leaves over braided hair. 13 stars.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 1873
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Standing eagle holding arrows in one talon, supporting shield with other.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / IN GOD WE TRUST / 420 GRAINS. 900 FINE. / TRADE DOLLAR.
label: Description
content: Congress decided to create a trade dollar to promote the use of silver mined in the United States for commerce in Asia. This was an unsuccessful contestant for design consideration for a trade dollar. William Barber designed the reverse. J. A. Bailly was responsible for the obverse. Specialists assign this coin with a Rarity-4 status which means that between 76 and 200 are estimated to exist.
label: Description
content: [reference no. Judd 1281]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.2005
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.2005
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 mm; 1 1/2 in