1844 Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. OC-1. Rarity-2. Misplaced Date, Doubled Die Obverse. AU-50 (PCGS). Generally silver-gray surfaces are enhanced by peripheral golden-apricot and olive-blue toning that is far more prevalent on the reverse. A key date issue among 1840s silver dollars, the 1844 was produced to the extent of just 20,000 circulation strikes. Only a single die marriage is known, and it employs a particularly interesting obverse. A loupe reveals remnants of an errant 1 and 8 in Libertys gown above the primary digits in the date. Additionally, the vertical stripes in the shield exhibit four elements instead of the usual three, the result of a doubled die. Virtually all examples of this issue were exported, typical of the era, and survivors enjoy strong demand at all levels of preservation.
