1800 $1 AMERICAI MS (PCGS#6892)
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 6329
- 等级
- AU55
- 价格
- 74,274
- 详细说明
- 1800 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-192, B-19. Rarity-2. AMERICAI. AU-55 (PCGS).
Abundant frosty luster remains to surfaces that are further enhanced by splashes of vivid reddish-gold peripheral iridescence. Otherwise dominant pearl-gray and champagne-apricot iridescence conceals a trace of glossiness from ancient numismatic handling, but there are few sizeable marks, and certainly none that are worthy of undue concern. A sharply executed and well centered strike rounds out an impressive list of physical attributes for this attractive early dollar. In terms of total number of coins believed to exist, BB-192 is one of the more plentiful die marriages of the 1800 Dollar. This is one of the two AMERICAI varieties, however, and examples enjoy such strong demand among early dollar specialists that they never remain on the open market for long. The AMERICAI reverse die was caused by an engraver's scratch or possibly the layout of the die with the final A too far to the right, and has the appearance of an "I" at the end of that part of the legend. Additionally, BB-192 is a conditionally challenging variety with most survivors concentrated at the VF grade level, making Choice AU pieces, like the present coin, truly important offerings. BB Die State I.
Provenance: From the Legacy Collection. Earlier from Heritage's Boston ANA Signature Auction of August 2010, lot 5124; Heritage's sale of the Presidential Collection, November 2012 Houston Signature Auction, lot 3799; Heritage's Chicago ANA Signature Auction of August 2015, lot 5320.
PCGS# 6892. NGC ID: 24X9.
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