Lot 44: US 1885 Morgan Dollar

A US silver coin of the Morgan dollar series. The obverse features the profile of Lady Liberty facing left, wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY and a Phrygian cap decorated with wheat and cotton bolls. The obverse legend reads E • P L U R I B U S • U N U M and is dated 1885, flanked by thirteen stars. The reverse depicts a heraldic eagle with outspread wings, clutching an olive branch and three arrows, partially encircled by a laurel wreath. The reverse inscriptions include UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ONE DOLLAR, with the motto In God We trust in Gothic script above the eagle. The absence of a mint mark above the letters D and O of DOLLAR indicates this specimen was struck at the Philadelphia Mint. The coin is struck with a reeded edge.