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Tracing the imagery on the money it produces can follow the cultural history of a country. ... The United States silver dollar is a coin that has gone through several imagery transformations since it was first coined in 1794. The silver dollar has had different obverse imagery over the years, as well as different reverse imagery. The obverse has undergone a transformation from symbolic imagery to iconoclastic imagery, and back to symbolic imagery again. Some of the history of the United States is represented in these coins, and can be discovered by examining and tracing the imagery of the silver dollar.
In 1794 the first United States silver dollar was coined. This coin was designed by Robert Scot, and was called The Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. ... The obverse features the portrait of a right facing, youthful, female figure with her hair billowing out behind her giving us the name “Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. ... ”
The reverse of the Flowing Hair Silver Dollar features a small, spread winged eagle sitting on a rock surrounded by laurel branches. ... ” The eagle is a figure that remains constant over the next two hundred nine years of United States dollar coins.
The Flowing Hair Silver Dollar was a short-lived dollar design. It was coined for only two years before being replaced by the Draped Bust Type, Small Eagle Reverse Silver Dollar in 1795. There was some discontent in the designs of the obverse and reverse of the Flowing Hair Dollar. ... The obverse of this coin is slightly different from the Flowing Hair Dollar obverse. ... ” The portrait of Lady Liberty looks much more feminine on the Draped Bust than it does on the Flowing Hair Dollar. The remainder of the design is consistent with the Flowing Hair Dollar.
The reverse of this type of Draped Bust dollar differentiates it from the other types of Bust dollars. ... This eagle is almost identical to the reverse of the Flowing Hair Dollar. ... Robert Scot, the chief engraver of the United States Mint, designed the obverse of this coin as well as the Flowing Hair Dollar. ... This was also the first dollar that had the motto “E. ... However, in 1804, a suspension order was issued by the United States Congress to suspend the coinage of all Silver dollars. Thus the Heraldic Eagle Bust Dollar was discontinued. ... It took another five years for the silver dollar to be minted again.
In 1836, the Gobrecht Dollar was coined. During the 1820’s and 1830’s two successive Mint Director’s were lobbying to reinstate coinage of the silver dollar. ... Moore received authorization to resume the coinage in 1831, however it was not until 1836 that Patterson finally succeeded in reviving the dollar. ... The final outcome came to be known as the Gobrecht Dollar. This dollar featured Lady Liberty seated on a rock dressed in a loose fitting gown. ... UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ONE DOLLAR are the mottos encircling the design. Starting in 1837, all United States silver coins adopted this design for the obverse design.
The Gobrecht Dollar was another short-lived coin. In 1840 the design for the dollar changed yet again. ... It still featured the entire figure of Lady Liberty seated on a rock in the same pose as the Gobrecht Dollar, and came to be known as the Seated Liberty Dollar. ...
The reverse was drastically changed for this version of the dollar. ... Interestingly, the error of the Heraldic Eagle Draped Bust Dollar was not repeated. ...
The Seated Liberty Half Dollar had a remarkable run as the silver dollar of choice compared to its predecessors. It was coined from 1840-1873, almost twenty-five years longer than any other dollar. ... The Trade Dollar was developed for this purpose.
Designed by William Barber, the United States Trade dollar incorporated many of the features of the Seated Liberty Dollar.
Approximate Word count = 3118
Approximate Pages = 12.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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