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  United States dollar coin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dollar coins have found little popular acceptance in modern circulation in the United States, despite several attempts since 1971 to phase-in a coin in place of the one-dollar bill.
Morgan silver dollars were minted between 1878 and 1921, with a notable break between 1905 and 1920.
Susan B. Anthony dollar coins were sometimes referred to as "Carter quarters." This was a snide reference to both the deterioration of the value of the dollar during Jimmy Carter's term and the Anthony dollar's strong physical resemblance to the quarter, often causing it to be mistakenly spent as such.
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 United States dollar coin - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Dollar coins have found little popular acceptance in modern circulation in the United States, despite several attempts since the late 1970s to phase in a coin in place of the one-dollar bill.
Original silver dollars from this period are highly prized by coin collectors and are exceptionally valuable — especially the 1804 silver dollar, which is one of the rarest and most famous coins in the world.
The Sacagawea dollar was authorized by Congress in 1997 because the supply of Anthony dollars, in inventory since it was last minted in 1981, was expected to soon be depleted.
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 1804 silver dollar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first 1804 silver dollars minted in 1834 were presented as gifts to the King of Siam and the Sultan of Muscat.
The records of the United States Mint state that 19,570 silver dollars were minted in 1804, but numismatists believe these were all dated 1803; it was a standard practice of the Mint to continue to use coin dies from the previous year if the dies were in decent condition.
Various silver mints have produced “commemorative” replicas of the 1804 dollar over the years, and these replicas are widely available to coin collectors.
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 United States dollar coin - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Introduced in December of 1921, the Peace dollar was promulgated to commemorate the signing of formal peace treaties between the United States on the one hand, and Germany and Austria on the other, thus officially ending America's World War I hostilities with these two countries.
In 1964, a small run of Peace Dollars was produced, all at the Denver branch of the Mint; however, plans for completing this coinage were then abandoned and all those that had been minted were melted, with no known specimens being preserved or released either for circulation or collection purposes.
From 1971 to 1978, the U.S. government issued large dollar coins with the obverse depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower and the reverse the Apollo 11 moon landing.
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 * Silver - (Numismatic): Definition
silver dollar A coin of the one dollar denomination that is struck in a composition of 90% silver (or so) and 10% copper.
The silver dollar was introduced in 1794 and was issued for circulation in intermittent years through 1935...
Silver Denominations: Silver had gradually fallen from usage during the late Roman Empire, partly due to a shortage of the metal as it continued to be exported to the East in exchange for luxury goods...
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 The Dollar of 1804
1804 silver dollars, of which there are just fifteen known, often set price records for rare coins when they're sold.
That price was more recently eclipsed by the sale of another 1804 dollar, known as the "Stickney" specimen, which sold in April, 1997 for a world record price for a rare coin sold at auction at $1,815,000.
Many people are intrigued with the history of 1804 dollars and it's the ultimate coin for many collectors to own.
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 Coin Gallery Online - 1804 Silver Dollar
The 1804 Dollar may be the single most desired coin in all of numismatic history.
1804 Dollars are described as being in either Class I, II or III.
It is therefore believed that the dollars struck in 1804 actually wear the date 1803.
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 1804 Silver Dollars United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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The Fantastic 1804 Dollar - NEWMAN, ERIC P. ""The King Of American Coins, The United States Silver Dollar Of 1804.
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 1804 Silver Dollars
Certain qualities of the known 1804 Silver Dollars (and other facts concerning their history) indicate that the first 1804 Silver Dollars were struck in or about 1834, when orders came from the State Department for special sets of coins to be struck for diplomatic purposes.
The 1804 silver dollar may not be the rarest of US coins, but it is the most publicized and sought-after piece.
No silver dollar coins were struck beyond early 1804 by the US Mint, and those struck in early 1804 are dated 1803 (early Mint records must be treated carefully, as they report when coins were shipped, not necessarily when they were struck).
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 WSCE 1804 Replica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This extraordinarily beautiful Proof Replica of the 1804 Draped Bust Silver Dollar is a MS70 Deep Mirror Cameo Proof with highly frosted head and bust.
The 1804 dollar is one of the most publicized rarities in the entire series of United States coins.
Numismatists have found that the 1804 "original" dollars were struck at the mint in the 1834-35 period, for use in presentation proof sets.
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 The Real 1804 Silver Dollars - PCGS Library
Arguably, then, the 1803 silver dollar is just as rare in the highest grades as the 1804, since most of the 15 known examples of the "king of U.S. coins" are considered to be in, or close to, mint condition.
Whereas any of the 1804 dollars would bring at least a strong six-figure price in the current marketplace, and quite possibly a million dollars-plus, the 1803 would trade for perhaps $20,000 in MS-63, $30,000 in MS-64, $120,000 in Proof-65 and $200,000 in Proof-66.
The 1803 dollar may not be as famous as the 1804, but it's held in high esteem and great respect.
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 1804 Dollar
The last coin on which she appeared, however, is one of the most famous, and expensive, of all U.S. coins, the 1804 dollar, sometimes called the King of American Coins.
According to Mint records, 19,570 silver dollars were produced in 1804, but it's nearly certain that they were all dated 1803 (or possibly earlier) and were among the 85,634 dollars minted with this date.
Some numismatists derogatively refer to 1804 dollars as fantasy pieces or novadel dollars ("novadel" is Rusian for "new replica"), as they were never struck for circulation.
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 FAQ's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Unfortunately thousands of 1804 dollar replicas were produced in the orient, and discovering a new specimen is highly unlikely.
The Quarter, Half Dollar, and Dollar were all changed to include the dual date 1776-1976 and the reverse designs were also changed.
When a new die was used to strike Morgan Silver Dollars, the impression was often frosty on the devices and reflective in the fields.
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 1804   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 Rare 1804 Silver Dollar to Be Offered at Auction : Maine Antique Digest, August 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It isn't the rarest of American coins (15 1804 dollars exist, only five 1913 Liberty Head nickels are known, and only one 1933 $20 gold piece exists), but its past auction prices place it high up on any list of the world's most valuable coins.
On August 30, 1999, another 1804 silver dollar sold for $4.14 million, easily doubling the previous record holder, $1.815 million for yet another 1804 silver dollar, the Stickney-Eliasberg example.
These first eight silver dollars with the Draped Bust Liberty design carrying the 1804 date are known as Class I specimens.
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 Coins - 1804 Silver Dollars United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The United States Early Silver Dollars from 1794 to 1803 1804.
The 1804 United States, Draped The so-called Class II and Class III 1804 silver dollars were produced in the late 1850s for presentation to
1804 silver dollar, which is one of the rarest and most famous coins in the world.
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 Coin sells for $1.2 million at auction - Aug. 12, 2003
According to Halperin, the 1804 dollar is "one of the most famous coins in the world," with only 16 known to be in existence.
The series of coins actually minted in the year 1804 are lost to history; the coin that sold was made, or struck, more than fifty years later, between 1858 and 1872.
Today, there are 16 known silver dollars bearing the 1804 date, minted at least three different times from 1834 to the early 1870s.
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 United_States_dollar_coin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Only 15 silver dollars with the date of 1804 are known to exist; in 1999, one of them sold at auction for over $4 million.
Save the Greenback, an organization of Bureau of Engraving and Printing employees and paper and ink suppliers, lobbied against replacing the paper dollar with the dollar coin[http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2000/07/24/story3.html].
As of 2005, the Sacagawea dollar is rarely seen in circulation in the United States.
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 CoinResource - ICG is chosen to grade Parmelee/Reed Specimen of the 1804 Silver Dollar -Original (Class I)
ICG is chosen to grade Parmelee/Reed Specimen of the 1804 Silver Dollar -Original (Class I) for Durham Western Heritage Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.
The pedigree of this 1804 Dollar can be traced back to the late 1840's, when an unknown woman reportedly purchased it from the U S. Mint for face value.
In addition to the 1804 Dollar there are 6 coins that are either the finest known or where less than 10 are known to exist.
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 Bowers and Merena Sells Famous 1804 Silver Dollar for $1.2 Million - Collectors Universe Library - Collectors.com : The ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
A legendary 1804 United States silver dollar, one of only 15 known examples, was sold at a public auction for more than $1.2 million by Bowers and Merena Galleries of Mandeville, Louisiana (www.BowersandMerena.com) on July 31 in Baltimore.
Described by collectors as the "King of Coins," the historic Class III silver dollar's previous owners includes the late Amon Carter, Sr., co-founder of American Airlines and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper.
Only 15 examples of the 1804 dollars are known to exist.
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Silver Dollar Raceway is a regional-quality NHRA quarter-mile drag strip located in Reynolds, Georgia.
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 Coin Silver Dollar Values
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Everyone now knows thanks to CNN, ABC, CBS and others, that a class 1 1804 silver dollar sold for an amazing $4.14 million.
If your news station is like the rest, then the story went like this -- "Silver Dollar sold for $4 Million, highest price ever paid for a coin!" They then go on to show the bidders huddled over the catalogs.
If you were lucky, although most weren’t, you may have been able to see a picture of the dollar.
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 Liberty Head Silver Dollar - CoinsPro.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 1804 Silver Dollars United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The United States Mint ceased production of silver dollars in 1803, and the 1804 silver dollar was not The first 1804 silver dollars minted in 1834 were presented as gifts
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Ahwash, Kamal M. The United States early silver dollars from 1794 to 1803 The silver dollars of the United States of America, with a short sketch of the 1804 dollars.
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 Coins For You - 1804 Silver Dollars United States
known 1804 Silver Dollars (and other facts concerning their history) indicate that the first 1804 Silver imam of Muscat is in the...
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 One-Minute Coin Expert FAQ
The 1804 dollar is not the rarest coin ever made by Uncle Sam; in fact, a number of others have lower mintages.
If you have five silver dimes and one silver half dollar-or any other combination adding up to $1-and the price of silver that day is $4 an ounce, you'd probably be able to cash in those coins for $2.80.
But rather than lowering his sights and buying Morgan dollars in lower grades, he'll probably turn instead to a different kind of coin that's substantially less expensive - and then collect that series in the same high grades to which he was accustomed with Morgan dollars.
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 1804 silver dollar
The message entitled 1804 silver dollar posted by Joyce Vanover on 10/3/03 10:39 in the silver dollars coin collecting value forum has now expired.
However, here are some links to help you find the 1804 silver dollar information you want, whether you are interested in selling, buying, or just learning more about U.S. dollar coins.
The following are 1804 silver dollar auctions currently running on eBay.
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