1800 $1 BB-181 MS(PCGS#40067)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

6327

等级

AU55

价格

56,798

详细说明

1800 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-181, B-1. Rarity-5. AU-55 (NGC). Wisps of iridescent powder blue, pinkish-apricot, champagne-gold and silver-lilac undertoning enhance otherwise smoky-silver and olive-gray surfaces. Considerable frosty luster remains, as befits the assigned grade, and the detail is sharp apart from minor softness to the central high points. The strike is trivially off center to 1 o'clock on the obverse, 4 o'clock on the reverse, although border denticulation is complete around both sides. We note just a trace of long-ago numismatic handling, and no sizeable marks. A scarcer die marriage of the 1800 Draped Bust dollar, Q. David Bowers accounts for only 90 to 160 examples of BB-181 extant in the 2013 edition of his Encyclopedia of United States Silver Dollars: 1794-1803. The variety is easy to attribute by looking for a slight elevation (as made) in the obverse field inside star 1 and several prominent flaws (again, as struck) around star 11. This obverse die was used only in the BB-181 marriage. While we have been fortunate to have offered a number of these over the last 15 to 20 years, a quick glance at our archives will reveal that none were graded finer than EF-45 besides the Millholland specimen (PCGS AU-55) from our Spring 2023 Auction. This variety is unknown in Mint State, in fact, and the finest examples known to both Bowers and Stephen J. Herrman (Winter 2022 APR for early silver dollars) grade AU-55. The offered coin is tied for CC#1 for these dies. While it holds obvious appeal for specialists in early dollar varieties, this handsome and scarce coin would do equally well in an advanced type set. Sure to see spirited bidding. Provenance: From the Legacy Collection. Earlier from Heritage's Long Beach Signature Auction of May 2008, lot 868. PCGS# 40067. NGC ID: 24X9. Click here for certification details from NGC.