The "Schoolgirl" dollar considered to be one of the most beautiful designs ever. The schoolgirl name dates back to the April 1891 New York Coin and Stamp sale auction of the F.W. Doughty collection and was probably given by David Proskey. 14 examples are confirmed as follows: 2) Chase Manhattan Bank, Smithsonian 4) Woodward privately in 1883, Garrett-JHU, Garrett II at $105,000, I&R Goldberg 2/03 at $97,750 - NGC65, illustrated at bottom. 5) Dibello-Stacks 5/70, Bass-HWBRF - proof 64+ - dipped ? 6) Scott-B/R 5/75, Fairfield-B/R 10/77, Rothchild-Stacks 10/03 at $48,300, ANR 10/05 - proof 62, polished 7) Judd ?, Sieck-81 ANA at $28,000 (bought back), Queller-Heritage 1/09 - NGC65 8) Turoff-B/M 3/94 as PCGS62 at $35,200, D. Novoselsky, Kagins, Teletrade 4/10/99, Teletrade 2/9/00 as NGC63 - cleaned, later retoned to Superior 1/03 at $37,950, Superior 7/03 at $34,500 as PCGS63 - identifiable by a nick below the "F" on "OF" on the reverse 9) Turoff duplicate, Leidman, Private collection - PCGS66 - illustrated below courtesy of Saul Teichman 10) Fred-B/M 11/95, Lustig / Marin at $39,600, Superior 6/99 at $41,400 as PCGS63, Kagins, Teletrade 8/2/99, Teletrade 8/25/99 as NGC64, Bowers and Merena 11/2001 at $48,875, Bowers and Merena 7/02 at $43,700 - dipped - illustrated at very top of page, click on thumbnail to see an enlargement 11) Doughty 4/1891 ?, H.P. Smith, J.S. Jenks, Clapp, Eliasberg-B/M 5/96 at $70,400 - NGC65 12) Kreisberg 6/65 ?, Private collection since 1973, Heritage 11/03 at $63,250 - PCGS64 gold and blue toned 13) Superior 9/97 at $35,200, ANR 11/04 - PCGS62 - has a raised dot in the hair behind the eye. 14) Goldberg 2/06 - PCGS65 toning pattern doesn't match any of the above pieces, possibly one of above retoned ? Many of the known examples have been cleaned.Photo courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg's Coins & Collectibles For complete pedigree information click here. Several others are also available for viewing. Click on the links below. Examples were also struck in copper J1609/P1805 and white metal J1610/P1806 with the latter example being unique. A single obverse splasher, struck in lead, is also known as JA1879-4/P3476. Photo of the Rogers M. Fred example courtesy of Bowers and Merena. |