1797 $1 BB-73 MS (PCGS#40003)
August 2018 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Philadelphia, PA
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1183
- 等级
- AU50
- 价格
- 98,517
- 详细说明
- Minimally Circulated 1797 Silver Dollar
1797 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-73, B-1. Rarity-3. Stars 9x7, Large Letters. AU-50 (PCGS).
This handsome Draped Bust dollar is toned in a blend of dove-gray and lavender-gray shades. Ample sharpness of strike is noted for both sides, and the reverse eagle is particularly impressive in this regard. With a well centered strike and freedom from outwardly distracting abrasions, there is much to recommend this coin for inclusion in a high grade circulated type set. BB Die State I. Bowers-Borckardt 73 is the sole die marriage associated with the Stars 9x7, Large Letters Guide Bookvariety of the 1797 silver dollar, and it is the median scarcity among the three known die pairings of the issue. Plentiful in an absolute sense, at least by early dollar standards, Q. David Bowers (2013) estimates that 1,300 to 2,100 BB-73 dollars are extant in all grades. Most grade no finer than VF, however, although the persistent collector should have little difficulty locating a pleasing EF. At and above the AU level the conditionally challenging nature of this die variety comes readily to the fore, the present example among the finest available to today's quality conscious numismatists.
Provenance: From the Collection of Thaddeus A. Tatum III. Earlier from our (Bowers and Merena') Baltimore Auction of November 2010, lot 2201.
PCGS# 6863.
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