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Seated Liberty dollar

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 21, 2015 by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:14, 30 March 2015 (UTC)



The Seated Liberty dollar was a dollar coin struck by the United States Mint from 1840 to 1873. Designed by Mint Chief Engraver Christian Gobrecht, it was the last silver dollar struck before passage of the Coinage Act of 1873, which temporarily ended production of that denomination for American commerce. The coin's obverse is based on that of the Gobrecht dollar. For the reverse, the Mint used a heraldic eagle, based on a design by late Mint Chief Engraver John Reich, which was first used on coins in 1807. In the final years of the series, there was more silver produced in the US, and mintages increased. In 1866, "In God We Trust" was added to the dollar following its introduction to United States coinage earlier in the decade. Seated Liberty dollar production was halted by the Coinage Act of 1873, which authorized the Trade dollar for use in foreign commerce. Representatives of silver interests were unhappy when the metal's price dropped again in the mid-1870s; they advocated the resumption of the free coinage of silver into legal tender. After passage of the Bland-Allison Act in 1878, silver dollar production resumed with the Morgan dollar.
 * Most recent similar article(s): last coin 3 March
 * Main editors: RHM22, who will hopefully word what we need to understand about the silver price development
 * Promoted: 2012
 * Reasons for nomination: Liberty!
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:38, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Support as main author of the article. The Seated Liberty dollar was first minted 175 years ago this year.-RHM22 (talk) 14:50, 25 March 2015 (UTC)