1872 Pattern Commercial Dollar. Judd-1219, Pollock-1360. Rarity-7-. Silver. Reeded Edge. Proof-65+ (PCGS). CAC. CMQ.<strong>Obv:</strong> The same design that the Mint used to strike regular issue 1872 Liberty Seated silver dollars. <strong>Rev:</strong> The new Commercial dollar style, with an open laurel wreath surmounted by the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Within the wreath is the denomination COMMERCIAL / DOLLAR, an expression of the metallic content 420 GRS. / 900 Fine and, in tiny letters on the ribbon binding the wreath, the motto GOD OUR TRUST. Dusted with sandy-silver and olive-russet iridescence, both sides reveal a universally reflective finish as well as champagne-gold and pale pink undertones as the coin dips into a light.<p>Patterns of this type are predecessors to the circulation strike trade dollar series of 1873 to 1878, which coins were intended to compete with the Mexican peso in the Far East more effectively than the Liberty Seated dollar. The <em>uspatterns.com</em> website accounts for slightly more than a dozen examples of Judd-1219 in numismatic hands, including examples impounded in the collections of the American Numismatic Society, Connecticut State Library, and Durham Museum.PCGS# 61490. NGC ID: 2A6R.PCGS Population: 1; 1 finer in this category (Proof-66).<p>CAC Stickered Population: 1; 2.Ex S.H. & H. Chapmans sale of the Harlan P. Smith Collection, May 1906; Clapp family; Clapp estate, 1942; Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.; our (Bowers and Merenas) sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, May 1996, lot 301; Superiors June 1, 2, 1998 Auction, lot 2000, as NGC Proof-65, Heritages sale of the A. James Evans Collection, November 2004 Palm Beach, Florida Signature Sale, lot 7327, as NGC Proof-65; Simpson Collection; Heritages sale of the Simpson Collection, February 2021, lot 3268.
