The four dollar gold piece, or stella, was never circulated. The Stella was a pattern coin produced to explore the possibility of joining the Latin Monetary Union; these patterns were produced in 1879 and 1880 at the urging of John A. Kasson, a former chairman of the United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. Two different designs obverse were produced, both bearing the same inscription ★6★G★.3★S★.7★C★7★G★R★A★M★S★ ("★" is a ...
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The four dollar gold piece, or stella, was never circulated. The Stella was a pattern coin produced to explore the possibility of joining the Latin Monetary Union; these patterns were produced in 1879 and 1880 at the urging of John A. Kasson, a former chairman of the United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. Two different designs obverse were produced, both bearing the same inscription ★6★G★.3★S★.7★C★7★G★R★A★M★S★ ("★" is a Unicode character that should be a five-pointed star) and the date. The reverse star had the inscriptions ONE STELLA and 400 CENTS, while the reverse rim had the legends UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and FOUR DOL., and circling the star but between its points were the legends E PLURIBUS UNUM ("Out of many, one") and DEO EST GLORIA ("To God is the glory").
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