So-Called Dollars Engraved by George B. Soley
Centennial Seated Liberty / Scrolls
1876 · SH 2-29 CU · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s Seated Liberty design is paired with his scrolls reverse. The scrolls reverse is found…
Centennial Fountain / Star
1876 · SH 2-22 CU · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Centennial Fountain die is found paired with Soley’s Washington Large Bust, this star reverse,…
Centennial Small Independence Hall / Scrolls
1876 · SH 2-27 CU · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s Small Independence Hall paired with the Scrolls reverse. Only known struck in copper and…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Independence Hall
1876 · SH 2-12 CU · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Washington bust design engraved by Soley is combined with the Independence Hall Bell design…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Scrolls
1876 · SH 2-17 S · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Obverse die by Soley, reverse die with arabesque scrolls likely done by Soley as well.…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Crossing the Delaware
1876 · SH 2-31 WM · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s obverse of Washington’s bust is paired with a die by an unknown engraver. The…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / New Jersey Seal
1876 · SH 2-32 WM · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s obverse of Washington’s bust is paired with a die by an unknown engraver. The…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Star
1876 · SH 2-18 WM · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s white metal variety reverse die has a “No” for “number” engraved into the die…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Liberty Bell
1876 · SH 2-11 CU · HK-32A · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Washington bust design engraved by Soley is combined with the Liberty Bell design engraved…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Small Independence Hall
1876 · SH 2-13 S · HK-42 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Both dies were engraved by George B. Soley. Soley’s Washington Large Bust die is also…
Centennial Small Independence Hall / Star
1876 · SH 2-19 CU · HK-47A · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s Independence Hall obverse die and his Star reverse die with legend stating it was…
Centennial Seated Liberty / Small Independence Hall
1876 · SH 2-26 WM · HK-51 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Engraved by George B. Soley, who was a diesinker and worked at the U.S. Mint…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Seated Liberty
1876 · SH 2-14 CU · HK-53 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s Seated Liberty design with Liberty sitting on a keystone symbolizes the strength of America…
Centennial Seated Liberty / American Colonies
1876 · SH 2-28 S · HK-56 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
A seated woman, similar to that on William Barber’s 1873-1885 U.S. Trade Dollars, represents America.…
Centennial Seated Liberty / American Colonies
1876 · SH 2-28 GP · HK-58 · Gold-Plated · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
A seated woman, similar to James Longacre’s one-dollar patterns, represents America. The reverse depicts an…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Centennial Fountain
1876 · SH 2-16 WM · HK-68 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Centennial Fountain was funded and built under the direction of the Catholic Church to…
Centennial Fountain / Total Abstinence
1876 · SH 2-23 S · HK-69A · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Centennial Fountain design is found in two varieties, with and without a comma following…
Centennial American Colonies / Star
1876 · SH 2-21 CU · HK-72C · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s star reverse was struck in five different metals and is found paired with five…