1860-O $1 Liberty Seated Silver Dollar NGC AU58 "Great Type Coin"

It is with pleasure that we at AUCM offer a Great Type Coin for you to add to your collection: an 1860-O Seated Liberty Dollar "No Motto" graded NGC AU58! This Antebellum dollar has a lot going for it: great price, classic designs, and a very desirable AU58 grade! The typical 1860-O dollar is well struck and has bright, frosty luster. Seated Liberty dollars were intended primary for export to Asia, however a percentage of them always remained here in the United States. The New Orleans mint only produced Seated dollars in 1846, 1850, 1859, and 1860. So if you enjoy collecting dollar coins with that special 'O' mintmark, please take a careful look at this listing!

The Seated Liberty design was a collaboration of several hands and minds before it appeared on the silver dollar and other coins. It was U.S. Mint Director Robert B. Patterson, who, in 1835, was desirous of a new coin that was reminiscent of Britannia on British copper. Artist Thomas Sully was tasked with crafting a rendering of Liberty based on a set of British coins and medals. Then Sully's work was given to the newly hired engraver, Christian Gobrecht, who created a series of drawings before producing a copper die for study and presentation in Washington, D.C. When the new half dollars were produced, starting in 1839, they had an updated reverse that was a freshly engraved version of John Reich's 1807 eagle reverse design--sans the motto and ribbon. The year 1839 saw sculptor Robert Ball Hughes lower the relief, refine the proportions and dynamics of the Liberty, as well as add an eloquent fold of cloth from the right elbow. Thus the design as we know it today should really be called the "Patterson-Sully-Gobrecht-Hughes" design.