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The basic obverse design of the Seated Liberty coinage consisted of the figure of Liberty clad in a flowing dress and seated upon a rock. [3] In her left hand, she holds a Liberty pole surmounted by a Phrygian cap, [2] which had been a pre-eminent symbol of freedom during the movement of Neoclassicism (and traces its roots back to Ancient Greece and Rome).
Standing Liberty quarter Below are the mintage figures for the United States quarter up to 1930, before the Washington quarter design was introduced. The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at (parentheses indicate a lack of a mint mark):
The Seated Liberty dollar was a dollar coin struck by the United States Mint from 1840 to 1873 and designed by its chief engraver, Christian Gobrecht. It was the last silver coin of that denomination to be struck before passage of the Coinage Act of 1873 , which temporarily ended production of the silver dollar for American commerce.
United States Seated Liberty coinage was the silver coin design minted in the mid-to-late 19th century. It was the first seated-portrait U.S. coin, now-scarce Seated Liberty Dollar, and debuted in 1836. The seated liberty dime and seated liberty half dime followed the next year in 1837 and the seated liberty quarter and seated liberty half ...
For example, one could collect a Liberty Seated dime, quarter, and half dollar, and call that their example of a Liberty Seated coin for each denomination. Or, they could choose to collect an example of sub-types within the Liberty Seated design, including the with and without arrows at date, and with and without mottos.
Seated Liberty 1838–1891 Seated Liberty, No Motto 1838–1865 [8] Seated Liberty, With Motto 1866–1891 [9] Barber 1892–1916 [10] Isabella quarter commemorative 1893; Standing Liberty 1916–1930 [11] Standing Liberty (Type 1) 1916–1917 (featured an image of Liberty with one of her breasts exposed [12]) Standing Liberty (Type 2 or Type ...
Thomas Sully created a depiction of Liberty seated that would form the basis for the obverse of the Gobrecht dollar. In a letter dated August 1, 1835, Patterson proposed that Sully create a Seated Liberty figure for the obverse, suggesting that the "figure be in a sitting posture—sitting, for example, on a rock."
The United States trade dollar was a dollar coin minted by the United States Mint to compete with other large silver trade coins that were already popular in East Asia.The idea first came about in the 1860s, when the price of silver began to decline due to increased mining in the western United States.