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| Emittent | United States Mint |
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| Jahr | 1880 |
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| Gewicht | 7 g |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Draped bust of Liberty facing left, hair elaborately coiled and bound, wearing a coronet. The rim bears a raised legend detailing the coin's metallic composition in abbreviated form, reading '★6★G★.3★S★.7★C★7★G★R★A★M★S★', with the date 1880 at the lower rim. The word LIBERTY appears on the coronet. The design is executed in the refined neoclassical style characteristic of Morgan's engraving work of the period. |
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| Aversschrift | Latin |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
The Stella was never intended for circulation — it was a proposal coin, championed primarily by John Kasson, U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, who argued America needed a gold piece compatible with European metric coinage systems. Congress never approved it. The 1880 issue exists in two hair types, flowing and coiled, produced in tiny quantities almost certainly for distribution to congressmen and influential collectors rather than any genuine monetary trial.
Judd-1660 designates the coiled-hair variety, attributed to Charles Barber. Surviving examples routinely show the reflective surfaces of pieces that never saw a pocket.