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The popular "Liberty at the Seashore" obverse combined with the Commercial Dollar reverse. This is believed to be a fantasy coin deliberately struck for sale to collectors. This design was basically repeated the following year as J1472-J1473/P1623-P1624.
Examples are known as follows:
Silver J1423/P1566 with at least 7 confirmed as noted below. To see images of all of these, click here.
1) Woodin, Newcomer, Boyd, Merkin 9/68, Johnson-Hughes 1/79, Hughes 1/80, Heritage 6/87, Share-ANR 9/03, southern collection, Simpson-Heritage 9/20 - NGC65/PCGS65, illustrated above.
2) 76 ANA, Stacks 5/98, Queller-Heritage 1/09 FUN, Heritage 1/24 FUN - NGC66
3) Newlin, Garrett-JHU, B/M 3/80 Garrett II sale - gem proof
4) Judd, Smith, Bass, HWBRF-Heritage 5/23 - PCGS65
5) Heritage 8/95 ANA, Superior 2/99, Wyoming collection - NGC63
6) Magnolia-SpinkSmythe 5/11, Simpson - PCGS64
7) B/R 5/77?, Beymer-GreatCollections.com 7/23/23 - PCGS62
Copper J1424/P1567 with supposedly 8 pieces being struck according to Adams & Woodin and that appears to be the number known today. To see available images of this and the next, click here.
1) Mitchelson, Connecticut State Library - gem proof
2) Auction 87, B/M 11/88, Queller-Heritage 1/09, Heritage 8/10 ANA - NGC64RB
3) DiBello-Stacks 5/70, Champa, Fred-B/M 11/95, ANR 11/03 as PCGS65RED, Simpson collection - PCGS66RED
4) Schorer, HWBRF-B/M 5/99, Wyoming collecion - PCGS64RED
5) B/M 5/94, Heritage 1/20 FUN - NGC66BN has a thin scratch from M in America to a berry on reverse.
6) Mitkoff, Faraday-8/94 ANA, Heritage 8/21, Heritage 1/24 FUN - PCGS65RB
7) Farouk?, Stacks 9/10 - cleaned, Heritage 2/11 - retoned now PCGS64BN. It has the same weak stars 7 - 9 as #7 and dent at reverse rim at 6:00.
8) Simpson - PCGS67RB, possibly one of above
Aluminum J1425/P1568 with 2 pieces being struck according to Adams & Woodin. The original editions of Judd say 3 struck.
The following 2 are confirmed:
1) Farouk, Vickery, 72 ANA, Wyoming collection.
2) Heritage 6/17, Simpson collection - PCGS66
Earlier pedigrees for these include:
1) Doughty (NY Coin & Stamp 4/1891), Woodside (NY Coin & Stamp 4/1892), V. Brand in 1895 (journal #13886), A. Brand
2) Adams 2/11 (Woodin) sale
We have not been able to determine which early sale piece links to the later ones.
One of these sold in the 1959 Waldorf sale.
Photo courtesy of American Numismatic Rarities.
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