Seated Liberty dollar

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The Seated Liberty dollar is a 19th-century United States silver dollar featuring Liberty seated on a rock, minted from the late 1830s to 1873 and prized today by numismatists.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States coin
numismatic object
silver dollar
category Seated Liberty coinage NERFINISHED
collectedBy numismatists
collectibleStatus highly prized by collectors
composition 10% copper
90% silver
countryOfOrigin United States
currency United States dollar
denomination one dollar
designer Christian Gobrecht NERFINISHED
discontinued 1873
edge reeded
faceValue 1 United States dollar
field numismatics
hasMintmark CC
O
S
none (Philadelphia)
historicalEra pre-Trade dollar era
introduced 1840
metal silver
mint Carson City Mint NERFINISHED
New Orleans Mint NERFINISHED
Philadelphia Mint NERFINISHED
San Francisco Mint NERFINISHED
mintingEndYear 1873
mintingStartYear 1840
monetaryStandard bimetallic standard
notableSubtype Carson City Seated Liberty dollar NERFINISHED
obverseDesign Seated Liberty NERFINISHED
obverseFigure Liberty seated on a rock
obverseInscription LIBERTY
date
obverseSymbol liberty cap on pole
periodOfCirculation 19th century
precededBy Gobrecht dollar NERFINISHED
reasonForDiscontinuation Coinage Act of 1873 NERFINISHED
introduction of Trade dollar
replacedBy Trade dollar NERFINISHED
reverseDesign eagle
reverseInscription ONE DOL.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NERFINISHED
reverseSymbol heraldic eagle
standardDiameter 38.1 millimeters
standardWeight 26.73 grams
usedFor circulation

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Carson City Mint
Carson City Mint ("Seated Liberty half dollar")
Carson City Mint ("Seated Liberty quarter")
producedCoinType
United States dollar coins ("Gobrecht dollar")
United States dollar coins
hasType
Morgan dollar
replaced

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