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The Gobrecht Dollar: the coin that put Liberty in flight

In 1836 the U.S. Mint hadn't struck a silver dollar for business in over thirty years. When it finally tried again, it produced one of the most beautiful coins in American history — a seated goddess on one side, an eagle in mid-flight on the other — and almost no one was allowed to spend it.