1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-25 MS(PCGS#39975)

1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-25 MS (PCGS#39975)

November 2015 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

详细说明: 1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. BB-25, B-6. Rarity-3. Three Leaves. EF-45 (NGC). A supremely original example for the circulated type, date or variety collector. Boldly toned in dominant olive-charcoal, both sides are further enhanced with iridescent undertones of red, gold and cobalt blue iridescence. The strike is expertly centered and nicely rendered, the devices retaining plenty of bold to sharp definition throughout the design. A few light abrasions in the center of the obverse are noted for accuracy, but otherwise we are impressed by surfaces that are uncommonly smooth for a lightly circulated early dollar. Writing in the excellent 2013 reference The Encyclopedia of United States Silver Dollars: 1794-1804, Q. David Bowers accounts for 300 to 500 examples of the 1795 BB-25 die marriage in all grades. Such an estimate establishes this variety as one of the more readily obtainable of the issue, although we caution bidders that BB-25 is considerably scarcer than BB-21 and BB-27 in an absolute sense. When we further consider than BB-25 is typically offered no finer than VF, the importance of this premium Choice EF should be readily evident to advanced numismatists. PCGS# 6852. NGC ID: 24WZ.