Gasparo's Flowing Hair Dollar

wingedliberty

I had a dream that Gasparo's Flowing Hair Dollar became a reality.
Only if???

HuliganRS

Do you have a pic?

supercoin

That design was actually SBA in her earlier wild days, before she met up with the rogue who broke her heart and led to her famous crusade and lasting accomplishments. Her family suppressed the design in favor of her later likeness to preserve her legacy.

supercoin

PS -- You should have seen his "Hairy Ike" design. And of course the Skinny Elvis commem. Damn politicians.

DHeath

Boy did they supress it. I'd say they suceeded.

wingedliberty

There was a picture in Coin World. The coin looked great. Same SBA reverse, but a Flowing Hair
Liberty obverse.

Brian

windwhispersintrees

The design is shown at Ken Potter's website: http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1977_liberty_head_dollar_design_.htm
Frank Gasparro died in 2001. His version of Liberty is just as unappealing as his design for Susan B. Anthony.

coindaughter

Poor Miss Liberty. She looks like she is in dire need of.....something!

zenny

care to elaborate, miss daughter?

braddick

I own a couple. For a 'non-coin' it's one of my favorite designs.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1378283719 Here's a good example.

dorkkarl

hey braddick, what's something like that worth?

K S

braddick

Well, the mintage (from the Gallery Mint) was 2,500 for this model and 2,500 for the Statue of Liberty design. -The same mintage as the Goodacre Sacawagea.
I paid about $125.00 for mine (PCI holdered also as an MS68) and think that is a fair price.

Occassionally they turn up raw on eBay and the price seems to settle right around $50.00 to $100.00. That would seem to be the way to go if one can be located.

They're also about 50% thicker than the standard dollar coin.

dorkkarl

i've never owned anything from the gallery mint, but some of there repro's of the early stuff are real nice. i just might pick up something from those guys! THANKS for the info!!!

K S