1804 Eagle

HBCC#:

6001

Breen#:

n/a

BD#:

n/a

Judd#:

34

Pollock#:

46

This is actually a Mint Restrike of the 1804 eagle, most likely struck in the mid-1830s. At the time, Government officials desired to prepare presentation sets of United States coinage for foreign heads of state. The famous King of Siam Proof Set is an example, containing 1834 Proof coinage along with an 1804-dated silver dollar and eagle. This pattern eagle, struck in silver, was probably struck at the same time as the gold examples for the Proof set. Only four examples are known in silver and four examples in gold. An example in gold may be seen at HBCC-3202.

Provenance:

Purchased from Abe Kosoff, August 3, 1971, through Michael G. Brownlee.

Obverse:

Draped and capped bust of Liberty to right, eight stars behind bust, five stars in front of bust, date below.

Reverse:

Heraldic Eagle at center, E PLURIBUS UNUM on ribbon in eagle's beak, 13 stars above eagle, clouds above stars, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around circumference.

Commentary:

"4 or 5 struck."