| Description: |
Copper. Reeded edge. Obverse with Morgan’s popular design, as adapted, E PLURIBUS UNUM
arcs above Liberty’s portrait, date below, stars flanking seven left, six right. The
reverse is similar to the adopted design but with three leaves on the branch in the
eagle’s talon. Fiery deep orange with lively rose, electric blue, and orange toning
highlights. A tiny spot is seen in the field near the juncture of Liberty’s hair and
forehead. A popular pattern issue, or as Dave Bowers noted in his recent update of the
Judd pattern reference (July 2003), "Patterns for the Morgan silver dollar (J-1550 to
1553) have always been in demand from collectors of regular silver dollars as a nice
‘go-with’ for a specialized cabinet.” If past performance records are any
indication, we expect this attractive gem Proof example of Judd-1551 to draw an impressive
amount of bidding activity before this "go-with” finds a place in an advanced
Morgan dollar cabinet or specialized pattern collection. |
