1 Dollar, Pattern, United States, 1879
date: label: Date made
content: 1879
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) dollar coin, pattern
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1879
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty wearing a band with wheat and cotton in her hair.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / 1879
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle with outstretched wings clutching arrows and branch.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / ONE DOLLAR
label: Description
content: One of Barber's earliest creations was this lovely dollar, designed before he began his tenure as Chief Engraver. The upswept arrangement of Liberty's hair led early collectors to dub this pattern the "Washlady," and the name stuck.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: United States Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.2049
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.2049
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; x 1 1/2 in