1 Dollar, Pattern, United States, 1879
date: label: Date made
content: 1879
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
label: designer
content: Morgan, George T.
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 bust of Liberty as a young girl wearing a headband and bow in her hair.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY /1879
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Defiant eagle, facing left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / ONE DOLLAR
label: Description
content: The piece was designed by George T. Morgan, and, while no more successful than any of his other designs, stands in marked contrast to them. Because of the youthful appearance of the Liberty head, this pattern was dubbed the "Schoolgirl" dollar, perhaps as early as the 1890s. The pattern enjoys a rating of low Rarity-7 with perhaps a dozen known. Interestingly, the reverse design was resurrected nearly four decades later, placed on the quarter eagle commemorative coin struck for the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
label: Description
content: [reference no. Judd 1608]
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
label: See more items in
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: 1985.0441.2050
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.2050
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: 38.1 mm; 1 1/2 in