1876 Seashore Dollar Pattern Tribute – 1 Troy Ounce .999 Fine Silver
A Silver Tribute to Liberty at the Seashore
The 1876 Seashore Dollar Pattern Tribute brings a distinctive nineteenth-century American pattern design to a one-troy-ounce silver round from Intaglio Mint. Liberty sits beside the sea, extending an olive branch toward the horizon—a graceful composition that brings together themes of peace, commerce, and national aspiration.
This modern tribute celebrates that historic artistry in .999 fine silver. Its reverse replaces the original ONE DOLLAR denomination with “ONE TROY OZ,” preserving the wreath-framed composition while clearly identifying the tribute’s precious-metal weight.
The Original Pattern: A Different Vision for the Dollar
Pattern coins offer a glimpse into designs that might have shaped America’s circulating money. The 1876 “Liberty at the Seashore” dollar pattern presents a detailed alternative to the familiar Liberty portraits and seated figures of the era.
Cataloged in silver as Judd-1467, the original features Liberty seated beside the water, accompanied by a globe, flags, and a sheaf of wheat. A steamship appears in the distance, while IN GOD WE TRUST occupies a cartouche above the date. Its reverse places ONE DOLLAR inside a wreath, surrounded by the national title and E PLURIBUS UNUM.
An American Design Dated 1876
Bearing the date of America’s centennial year, the Seashore composition offers a fitting image of a nation looking outward. The olive branch suggests peace, the wheat evokes agricultural abundance, and the distant ship recalls maritime trade. Together, these details give the design a narrative quality that rewards a closer look.
This tribute carries that scene into a modern silver format, offering collectors a way to enjoy a historic pattern design beyond the specialized world of original nineteenth-century rarities.
Obverse Design
Liberty sits facing left beside the seashore, extending an olive branch in her right hand. Her left hand rests beside a globe inscribed LIBERTY, with flags and a sheaf of wheat behind her. A steamship crosses the water in the background. Below the scene, IN GOD WE TRUST appears in a decorative cartouche above the date 1876. A denticled border frames the design.
Reverse Design
An open wreath tied with a ribbon surrounds ONE TROY OZ. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA follows the upper rim, with E PLURIBUS UNUM below. The inscriptions .999 FINE SILVER and INTAGLIO MINT identify the metal and maker, adapting the historic dollar composition for this modern silver tribute.
Product Specifications
- Weight: 1 troy ounce
- Metal: .999 fine silver
- Mint: Intaglio Mint
- Design: Tribute to the 1876 Seashore dollar pattern
- Format: Privately minted silver round; no legal-tender face value
Why Collect This Tribute?
The Seashore design combines the appeal of historic American coinage with the detail of a miniature maritime scene. Liberty, the globe, the distant steamship, and the wreath reverse offer an engaging addition for collectors of pattern tributes, classic coin designs, and Intaglio Mint silver rounds.
The historical pattern discussed above is the inspiration for this piece; the product offered is a modern silver tribute.
Explore the History
Learn more about the original 1876 Seashore dollar pattern, cataloged as Judd-1467, in PCGS’s Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States: A Complete Encyclopedia.
