1836 $1 J-60, Gobrecht Original PR(PCGS#11225)

1836 $1 J-60, Gobrecht Original PR (PCGS#11225)

The June 2011 Baltimore Auction

详细说明: 1836 Gobrecht Silver Dollar. Name on Base. Judd-60 Original, Pollock-65. Rarity-1. Dannreuther Die State A. Proof-25 (NGC). Silver. Plain edge. Die Alignment I. Slate-gray overall with hints of midnight-blue and golden-brown colors intermingled with the dominant toning.<br />     Notable as the first denomination to feature Christian Gobrecht's popular Seated Liberty design motif that was retained on U.S. dimes, quarters and half dollars through 1891 (and half dimes through 1873, as well as on twenty-cent pieces 1875-1878). Gobrecht's Seated Liberty portrait embodies design features taken from sketches created by two great American artists of the era, Titian Peale and Thomas Sully, both of whom submitted drawings for a new Liberty design. A background history of Gobrecht's Seated Liberty portrait by R.W. Julian can be read in the first volume of Q. David Bowers' book <em>Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States: A Complete Encyclopedia</em>. The flying eagle motif on the reverse is attributed to Titian Peale. Pieces having Die Alignment I are thought to have been made from the first batch of the variety now known as Judd-60 produced in 1836. This assignment is corroborated by the fact that presentation strikes made for President Andrew Jackson and Commodore Matthew C. Perry have this alignment.