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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;trixncap, post: 832540, member: 17245&quot;]<b>1887 Goloid Dollar</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Name:</b><font size="5">1878 pattern dollar. GOLOID METRIC. </font><b>Description:</b>Goloid alloy (5.26% gold, 84.74 silver, 10.00 copper). Reeded edge. Metric weight system.</p><p>Obverse with a head of Liberty to left, Phrygian cap and agricultural flora atop her head.</p><p>Reverse with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 100 CENTS, and a starry circle. A splendid gem</p><p>Proof with frosty motifs and mirrored fields that form a pleasing cameo contrast (though</p><p>this is not mentioned on the holder). Mainly brilliant silver with whispers of pale</p><p>champagne iridescence on both sides. An altogether pleasing coin that was deemed suitable</p><p>for inclusion in the Louis E. Eliasberg Collection, and a coin that will be a highlight in</p><p>the next collection it adorns.The goloid alloy consisted of 24 parts silver for every part</p><p>gold by weight, and several different varieties of pattern goloid dollars were struck</p><p>circa 1878-1880. The variety offered here is the &quot;metric” weight variety; another</p><p>variety is known as the &quot;English” variety, with the reverse of that issue bearing</p><p>the weights at the center in grains rather than grams (as offered in the present</p><p>specimen). From Auctions by Bowers and Merena, Inc.’s sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg,</p><p>Sr., Collection, May 1996, Lot 287; Earlier from the Chapman Brothers’ sale of the’ M.</p><p>A. Brown Collection, April 1897, Lot 64; to J. M. Clapp; Clapp Estate, 1942; to Louis E.</p><p>Eliasberg, Sr.<b>Price:</b><span style="color: #fb931f">$11,500</span> (2003-07-25)<a href="http://www.stacks.com/lotdetail.aspx?lrid=AMBALT1049" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stacks.com/lotdetail.aspx?lrid=AMBALT1049" rel="nofollow">http://www.stacks.com/lotdetail.aspx?lrid=AMBALT1049</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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