Public domain — Lost Dutchman Rare Coins for image, Christian Gobrecht for coin
Dollar · $1.00
1873-S Seated Liberty Dollar (1840–1873)
Notable History
700 struck. No examples are known to exist.
Key Features
Mintage: 700. Known: 0. Source: Coin World; PCGS CoinFacts.
Intriguing History
San Francisco struck 700 Seated Liberty dollars in February 1873, just before the Coinage Act of 1873 ended the denomination. None are known today, and the U.S. Mint says it does not hold one. Researchers disagree on their fate: some think they were melted at the Mint, others that they were paid out to depositors and lost in circulation or export.