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1 Dollar (Erection of Lafayette Monument)
- Series:
- Early Commemoratives - Dollar and above (1900-1926)
- Catalog codes:
- CopyWrong
- Themes:
- Aristocrats | Heads of State | Heroes | Military Officers | Monuments | Statues
- Issued on:
- from colnect.com
- Last issue date:
- iInfringe
- Distribution:
- Numismatic Product
- Mints:
- United States Mint, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
- Composition:
- Silver
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Orientation:
- Coin alignment ↑O↓
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
- Weight:
- 26.73 grams
- Diameter:
- 38.1 mm
- Face value:
- 1 $ - United States dollar
- Known mintage:
- 36,026
- Composition Details:
- 900/1000 Silver .7734 oz. ASW, 100/1000 copper900/1000 Silver .7734 oz. ASW, 100/1000 copper
- Score:
- 82% Accuracy: Very Low
- Description:
- Front: Conjoined Busts 1st president George Washington (right,
1789-1797) in front of French aristocrat Marquis de La Fayette
legend: (above state name) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
around (spacers/dots) •
(low-left/right, spacers/5-pointed stars) ★ (pointed legendwise)
(below, name) LAFAYETTE DOLLAR
Back: La Fayette as military officer on horseback (left)
holding sabre on its blade below handle
legend: (subject) ERECTED BY THE YOUTH OF THE UNITED
STATES IN HONOR OF GEN LAFAYETTE (general)
around (spacers/dots) •
(lower-left/right, bottom, spacers/5-pointed stars) ★ (pointed inwards)
(bottom-left, location) PARIS
(bottom-right, year) 1900
designer: Charles E. Barber (1840-1917, 6th chief engraver US Mint)
Minted: 50,026, 14,000 were melted
Edge: G - grained, type: bars - Buy Now: