1799 $1 MS(PCGS#6878)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3075

等级

MS62

价格

176,396

详细说明

Offered is an intensely lustrous, pleasingly original 1799 dollar that would serve as a highlight in the finest numismatic cabinet. On the reverse, satin luster supports slightly mottled reddish-apricot and antique silver iridescence. The obverse is also fully lustrous, with dominant antique silver patina and a few blushes of sandy-gay, champagne-apricot and powder blue. Both the quality of strike and level of preservation are superior for a Draped Bust silver dollar of any date or die variety. BB Die State III.<p>An estimated 395,000 silver dollars dated 1799 were struck, though the official number for the calendar year is 423,515 pieces. This was accomplished through the use of at least 19 different die marriages. The BB-164 pair can be easily distinguished from similar varieties by the berry size on the reverse olive branch; they are by far the largest berries on any 1799 dollar. While the obverse die was employed in six different combinations, this particular reverse die was only used for BB-164, making this a useful marker for numismatists collecting by die pair. The BB-164 is generally one of the more available of the 1799 silver dollars with perhaps 1,000 or so specimens thought to exist. As with many of the other early dollars, most examples are found in VF and seldom any finer. At the Uncirculated level, the issue is exceptionally rare with only a half dozen or so in all Mint State grades. A truly enticing and beautiful example of this interesting and conditionally scarce die pair.