1798 $1 BB-94 MS(PCGS#40014)

The Regency Auction 51

拍卖行

Legend Rare Coin Auctions

批号

32

等级

MS62

价格

256,581

详细说明

FROM THE DALE FRIEND COLLECTION, PART I. Ex Miller, as noted on the insert. This is a very special B-3, BB-94, as it was once in the collection of Milferd Bolender, the author of one of the important die variety reference works on early dollars. The pedigree is extensive and is among the FINEST KNOWN examples of this Rarity-5 die marriage. This is a richly toned example that was last sold "raw" as CHOICE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED in the Stack's January 2002 sale of the Hain Family Collection. Rich slate-blue and rose-gold accents are brought out by the bold underlying luster on both sides; frosty on the obverse, semi-reflective on the reverse. Sharply struck from Die State III, the reverse die was slightly out of alignment and the reverse is struck somewhat off-center to 9:00. A few minor mint made planchet flaws are seen with the aid of a strong glass, the deepest is seen near the arrows on the reverse. The eye appeal is wonderful. Ex Col. E.H.R. Green; L.B. Gettys; Milferd Bolender Collection, February 1952, lot 40; Private Denver Collection; sold privately to the Cardinal Collection; Heritage, July 1997, lot 6491; Hain Family Collection, Stack's, January 2002, lot 1506; Warren Miller Collection; by private treaty to Dale Friend Collection. PCGS 1, NGC 0. This coin is likely the NGC MS63 on the NGC Census. There is only a single coin listed higher in the 2013 Bowers Encyclopedia and it does not appear on the PCGS Population Report anymore. This coin has not sold in auction in two decades! The current PCGS Price Guide value is listed at $60,000 and we have no doubt a coin like this could bring that much when it crosses the block. Bust dollar specialists take note and do not let this important coin get away! Cert. Number 27942481 PCGS # 40012