  The 1838 Gobrecht dollar struck in copper with plain edge. The listing of this in copper with a reeded edge J86/P95 has been discredited. It is a fantasy restrike deliberately made for sale to collectors in the late 1860s to mid 1870s and were struck in die alignment III. These all show the following reverse die characteristics.  For additional information on this and all copper Gobrecht dollars, click here. Only 2 examples are known as follows: 1) Parmelee 6/1890 lot 30, Reed, Durham Museum - ICG64RB, illustrated above, click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement. Photo from the Byron Reed Collection; owned by the City of Omaha, Nebraska; on loan to The Durham Museum. 2) Gschwend (Elder 6/08 lot D), Brand #44162, Boyd (per B.G. Johnson 7/16/41 invoice), Farouk-Sotheby’s 2/54 lot 1724, Harmer Rooke 11/69 lot 3740, Stacks 12/94 lot 1085 at $22,000, Sotheby’s 6/96 at $16,500, B/M 1/97 at $14,300 as NGC63BN, Stacks 1/08, Dr. Korein, ANS - cleaned, hairlined, retoned - PCGS63RB and illustrated below. Photo courtesy of Bowers and Merena These were also struck in silver as follows: Reeded edge J84/P93. These are known in both alignment III and alignment IV. Both originals from perfect reverse dies and restrikes with lightly cracked reverse dies are known. Plain edge J85/P94. These are restrikes made in the 1870s in alignment III with the reverse die cracks through the 'MERI' in 'America' in its most advanced state. For the latest information on this from Craig Sholley, John Dannreuther and Saul Teichman, click here. For the latest information on all Gobrecht dollars, click here courtesy of our friends at Heritage. |