U.S. COIN REFERENCE · Liberty Seated and Gobrecht dollars
Gobrecht and Seated dollars: flying and perched eagles
A seated Liberty can belong to experimental, early, or regular-dollar contexts.
By SalarsNet · Reviewed October 5, 2026
Identify the eagle and the motto
Gobrecht dollars of the 1830s use a flying eagle and require detailed specialist classification. Regular Seated dollars begin in 1840 with a perched eagle; IN GOD WE TRUST is added in 1866. Preserve the full reverse and inscriptions so a shared obverse motif cannot erase the distinction.
Type references: PCGS Liberty Seated Dollar ↗
The edge and die alignment can matter
For a Gobrecht candidate, obtain sharp photographs of the date, signature area, both faces, and edge, plus documented orientation. Originals and restrikes need precise references. For a regular Seated dollar, inspect head, shield, knees, eagle breast, and fields, separating strike weakness from wear and cleaning.
Type references: PCGS Liberty Seated Dollar ↗
Scarcity is not uniform
Dates such as 1851, 1852, and 1858 and the 1870-S deserve exact rarity and authentication research. Some New Orleans dates survive in a different mint-state context from scarce early Philadelphia issues. Match issue, subtype, strike, and surfaces in current sales; do not apply one survival estimate to the whole family.
Type references: PCGS Liberty Seated Dollar ↗
Selected reviewed issue records
These catalog standards describe the named issue, not a measured specimen. The selected records below do not cover every date, mint, strike, or die variety. Reported production is labeled separately from established mintage. Unknown standards and mintage remain visible; survival estimates and certified populations are separate research questions.
No issue-level specification or mintage records are published for this category yet. Verify the exact date, mint, strike, metal, and subtype in its reference before using a numerical standard.
References and review
Reference reviewed October 5, 2026. Historical facts and catalog standards need to match the exact issue; price comparisons should be researched at the time of valuation.