1878 $1 Standard Barber Dollar Copper Pattern, J-1555 NGC PR65BN

1878 Barber-Designed Standard Dollar Pattern in Copper Judd-1555. Gem Proof. Rarity-7. A head of Liberty faces left, wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY. The motto IN GOD WE TRUST is above with the date below. The left obverse field has seven stars near the border with six more along the right border. The reverse has an eagle with wings spread, holding an olive branch and three arrows. The statutory legend is above and the denomination is below, with E PLURIBUS UNUM in the field above the eagle.

 

Struck in copper with a reeded edge. Four variants are known of this pattern. This one shows five beads over the Y in LIBERTY, the M in UNUM slightly left of the M in AMERICA, and several other diagnostics. The surfaces are bright coppery-red with a light blue cast in the fields.

 

This design is similar to that used on the half union patterns. In old auction catalogs it was referred to as "Barber's rejected dollar."