The helmeted Liberty design executed by William Barber. This was apparently inspired by a drawing prepared by Christian Gobrecht in the late 1830s per Pollock. To view this drawing, click here. Only 1 or 2 examples are known as follows: 1) Farouk-Sothebys 2/54, Dibello-Stacks 5/70, Champa-B/R 5/72, Sieck-81 ANA - cleaned 2) Tangible Assets, Teletrade 3/3/93, ANR 7/05 - PCGS65BN ("chocolatized" - ie recolored possibly the same as #1 above). It is illustrated above although the image is light. An example was part of the 1877 set in the Linderman collection. This design was also struck in silver J1528/P1696 with only 4 known. For pedigree information on this and all 1877 half dollars, click here. A complete reverse die trial in lead JA1877-3/P3425 is also known. Photo courtesy of American Numismatic Rarities.