Click to enlargeJ1096/P1232

The Longacre design with stars combined with the 'Standard Silver' reverse die of 1870. This was apparently implemented by William Barber as Longacre died in 1869.

These were sold as part of complete sets from the half dime to the silver dollar. To view the set, click here.

This is the most common of the 4 Longacre designs of this year with slightly over a dozen known. A complete set of this design is in the Smithsonian and the Eliasberg set was sold individually.

Examples were struck as follows: To see images of most of these, click here.

Silver J1096/P1232 with about a dozen known including:

1) Smithsonian

2) Mitchelson-Connecticut State Library

3) Col Green, Newman, EPNNES-Heritage 4/13, Heritage 5/13 – NGC67

4) Clapp family, Eliasberg-B/M 5/96, Simpson-Heritage 2/21 - PCGS66

5) Heritage 5/01 as NGC67, Heritage 8/18 ANA, LegendAuctions 1/19, LegendAuctions 9/19, StacksBowers 3/20 – PCGS66

6) Kesselman 11/71, Bass-B/M 5/99, Heritage 7/2003, Heritage 8/08 ANA, Stacks 1/09, Heritage 7/09, Heritage 1/10 FUN, Heritage 8/10 ANA – PCGS66

7) A coin imaged on both NGC’s Explorer as NGC66 and PCGS.com/CoinFacts – PCG66

8) Superior 3/00, Heritage 11/04, Heritage 12/04, Heritage 2/05, Heritage 3/05, Heritage 6/05 – NGC66

9) Superior 2/00 – NGC64

10) Heritage 1/25 FUN - PCGS63

11) Crouch-Superior 2/77, B/R RCR #33 (1979), Auction 82

12) Dibello-Stacks 5/70, Sieck-B/R 7/81 ANA, Kosoff-B/M 11/85, Heritage 10/86 ?, possibly the piece graded PCGS61

The Judd, Lohr and Kosoff 53 ANA-Bergin Stacks 6/84 examples could be additional pieces.

Copper J1097/P1233 with about a dozen known.

1) Heritage 8/95 ANA as PCGS65BN, unknown intermediates, Simpson-Heritage 4/21 – PCGS66BN

2) Hughes 7/80, B/M 11/83?, Chesapeake-B/M 5/99 as NGC66RB, Heritage 1/01 as PCGS65RB, Heritage 4/01 as PCGS65RB, Heritage 5/04, Superior 8/04, Superior 11/04, Heritage 12/04, Heritage 2/05, Heritage 5/05, Heritage 8/05, Heritage 11/05, ANR 8/06, ANR 1/07, Stacks 1/08 – NGC66RB

3) B/M 3/96, Heritage 6/97 FPL, Superior 4/03, ANR 7/05, Heritage 8/07 ANA, Heritage 1/15 FUN, Heritage 1/23 FUN – NGC66RB

4) Bergin-Stacks 6/84?, Superior 10/92 as PCGS65RED ?, Heritage 8/96 ANA as PCGS64RED, Goldberg 9/04 as PCGS64RED, Heritage 11/04, Heritage 2/05, Heritage 3/05 as NGC65RED, Heritage 8/16 ANA, Heritage 2/17 – PCGS65RED

5) Heritage 1/96 FUN, B/M 3/03, Heritage 11/03, Heritage 12/03, Heritage 4/04, Heritage 6/04, Heritage 8/04 - NGC64BN

6) Superior 1/90, MARCA 5/90 as PCGS62RB, Goldberg 5/11, Goldberg 1/12 as NGC63RB, spotty

7) A specimen on PCGS.com/CoinFacts graded PCGS62BN

Aluminum J1098/P1234 with only the following 3 confirmed:

1) B/M 9/88, Auction 90, Heritage 1/08 as PCGS66, Simpson-Heritage 9/20 - PCGS67.

2) Faraday-Heritage 94 ANA as PCGS67, B/M 7/02 - PCGS68

3) An example graded PCGS63 in their population reports, possibly an error listing.

One of these is ex Lohr, another ex Farouk, Hydeman.

Photo courtesy of Superior.