Morgan's Famous Schoolgirl Dollar George Morgan produced some of his most beautiful pattern pieces in 1879. The Schoolgirl design is one of the Big Four, along with Morgan’s Shield Earring, William Barber's Amazonian and the Washlady design, attributed to William Barber by Don Taxay and Charles Barber by J. Hewitt Judd, M.D.  When the Schoolgirl came up for auction in the 1999, Bowers & Ruddy suggested in the Harry Bass catalog that Morgan may have created the Schoolgirl Dollar pattern as a response to continuing discussions that his Morgan Dollar motif needed to be improved, or in the alternative, that he did so to demonstrate his talent in hopes of becoming chief engraver upon the death of William Barber.  Both explanations are plausible.   The obverse depicted a very pretty young woman wearing a string of beads around her neck and a hair ribbon inscribed LIBERTY, with her hair loosely tied with a ribbon behind her head and strands falling on her shoulders.  The "Defiant Eagle" on the reverse was borrowed from Morgan’s 1877 half dollar mentioned above, and would make another appearance on the 1915-S Panama-Pacific International Exposition commemorative gold $2.50.