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1870 Seated Liberty Dollar - Brunk T-381 J.F. Tozer

Strike Type
1870 Dollar coin

Coin Details

Year
1870
Denomination
Dollar
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
Seated Liberty Dollars 1840-1873
Designer
Robert Ball Hughes and Christian Gobrecht
Composition
90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight
26.73g
Diameter
38.1mm
Edge
Reeded

Value Estimates

$487 - $5,768

Values as of May 2026 — estimates reflect typical grades (G-4 through MS-63). Coins in lower or exceptional grades may fall outside this range.

Description

This 1870 Seated Liberty Dollar bears a merchant counterstamp attributed to J.F. Tozer, cataloged as Brunk T-381. Counterstamps were applied to circulating coins by merchants, silversmiths, and tradesmen as a form of portable advertising — the business card of early America. The J.F. Tozer stamp identifies a business operating in Tozer, one of many merchants who used coin counterstamping to advertise their trade. The host coin is a 1870 dollar from the Seated Liberty Dollars 1840-1873 series. Struck in 90% silver, 10% copper. Cataloged as PCGS #888837. Counterstamped coins documented in Gregory G. Brunk's "American and Canadian Countermarked Coins" sit at the intersection of numismatics and Americana — each piece is a primary-source historical document of early American commerce. The counterstamp adds a unique layer of provenance that distinguishes this coin from all other examples of its type.

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