The latest date on a coin on which Anne Bingham appeared is 1808, on the half cent. The last coin on which she appeared, however, is one of the most famous, and expensive, of all U.S. coins, the 1804 dollar, sometimes called the King of American Coins.
According to Mint records, 19,570 silver dollars were produced in 1804, but it is nearly certain that they were all dated 1803 (or possibly earlier) and were among the 85,634 dollars minted with this date. It was common practice in those days for the Mint to use dies from previous years provided they were still capable of producing acceptable coinage.
In 1804 the Mint stopped regular production of silver dollars. Massive amounts of them were being shipped to the West Indies and China, where they were used in trade. Half dollars and other smaller coins took up the slack. Regular production of silver dollars did not resume until 1840, the first year the slightly smaller Liberty Seated dollar was issued for general circulation.
In 1834, however, President Andrew Jackson ordered the Mint to issue 1804 dollars, 1804 being the last year the dollar coin was officially authorized. The State Department wanted a complete set of U.S. coins for use as gifts to foreign dignitaries. Eight of these original, or Class I, 1804 Draped Bust dollars, minted between 1834 and 1838, are known to exist today.
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