1803 $1 Large 3 MS(PCGS#6901)

The Regency Auction 51

拍卖行

Legend Rare Coin Auctions

批号

49

等级

AU55

价格

171,054

详细说明

FROM THE DALE FRIEND COLLECTION, PART I. Only the B-6, BB-255 die pair features the Large 3 in the date, making this a necessary die marriage for any set of Red Book varieties. A common enough variety in lower grades (most of these are in VF and XF grades), this CHOICE AU is special, falling not too far out of the Condition Census. The 1803 Large 3 are thought to have been included in the group of 19,570 silver dollars recorded struck in 1804. This is a visually BOLD example. The fields are quite distinctive with a flashy, essentially PROOFLIKE luster that has ample watery reflection when you rotate the coin in a light. A wonderful patina, taking on a somewhat marbled pattern in shades of deeper dove-silver, pewter-slate, sky blue, and clear gold really pop, when rotated in the light. The surfaces are mostly clean, there are no serious marks of any kind to distract the eye. The visual allure is very impressive. The texture of the fields, being Prooflike, would suggest an early die state, from freshly polished dies, and there are two coins listed in Dave Bowers' 2013 list of "Notable Specimens" that are called Prooflike in their decades' old descriptions. This coin is not the NERCA 1980-NERCA 1981-Stack's Auction '89 piece. The coin in Kagin's June 1970 sale is not plated, so it may or may not be this coin. PCGS 14, NGC 5. With this coin's unique visual allure, we are not sure any of the "comps" matter. The current Collectors Universe value is listed at $13,750, but we think this coin will sell for more when the hammer finally falls. A fabulous coin to cap off Dale Friend's AMAZING collection of Bust dollars! Cert. Number 19124199 PCGS # 6901