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Barber's "Washlady" design which was the latest attempt to create a uniform silver coinage from dime to dollar. To view the set, click here.
Today it is considered to be one of the more beautiful designs ever made by the US Mint. At that time of its striking, however, the design was not well received as, apparently, Liberty's hair and the way it was tied back was considered to be disheveled.
The Washlady name dates back to the April 1891 New York Coin and Stamp auction of the F.W. Doughty collection and was given by David Proskey.
This design is R-6 in both silver J1603/P1798 and copper with about 15 believed to exist including those listed below. To see images of all of these, click here.
1) Auction 89, Virginia collection, Heritage 4/17 - PCGS65RED
2) 75 ANA, Fairfield, NERCA 5/78, private collection - NGC65RB stolen (would grade higher today)
3) Hughes 10/79, Hughes 7/80?, Ivy 3/81?, Heritage 9/87, Superior 10/89, Auction 90, Heritage 6/97 FPL, Heritage 1/02, Queller-Heritage 1/09, Heritage 1/24 FUN - PCGS66RB, (there could be 2 coins here)
4) Farouk, Dibello-Stacks 5/70, Sieck-B/R 7/81 ANA cleaned
5) Numismatics Ltd in 1974, T.R. Walsh
6) Schorer in 1973, Bass-B/R 5/99, Heritage 2/01 as PCGS67BN, Simpson - PCGS68BN
7) Lohr, River Oaks-B/R 11/76, B/R 11/86 unknown intermediates - PCSG66RB
8) Faraday-94 ANA, Superior 2/00, B/M 9/01, Heritage 6/02 - PCGS65RB
9) B/M 5/93, B/M 11/94, B/M 8/95, ANR 8/04, Simpson-Heritage 1/21, LegendAuctions 7/21, LegendAuctions 12/21, Heritage 5/22, Heritage 1/23 FUN - PCGS65BN spotty including 2 carbon spots above the eagle's wing.
10) 93 ANA as PCGS65RB, Superior 1/94 as PCGS66RB, Heritage 1/08 as PCGS67RB, now PCGS68RB
11) 59 ANA, Stirling-Heritage 5/09 as NGC65RED, Simpson-Heritage 9/20 - PCGS66RED, illustrated above.
A single impaired example in white metal J1604A/P1800 ex Kaufman-RARCOA 8/78, Superior Auction 79, Superior 5/93 is also known.
Photo courtesy of Heritage.
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