1799/8 $1 15 Reverse Stars MS(PCGS#6883)

December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1092

等级

MS65

价格

707,851

详细说明

Finest Certified 1799/8 15-Star Reverse Dollar Extraordinary Gem Mint State Preservation 1799/8 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-141, B-3. Rarity-3. 15-Star Reverse. MS-65 (NGC). Here is an amazing early dollar irrespective of date or die pairing, a strong contender for CC#1 for the 1799/8 BB-141 variety. Highly lustrous surfaces exhibit minimal frosting to a lively satin texture. Both sides are dusted with delicate silver-gray iridescence that appears to drift toward the borders, and we also note a few blushes of more vivid reddish-apricot scattered about. The strike is ideally centered and well executed for an early dollar, the detail sharp to full over all but a few isolated design elements. Free of adjustment marks as well as other pre- and post-striking distractions, we are hard pressed to find even a single useful provenance marker. Given that this coin seems to have eluded the census trackers, however, we offer a few faint, tiny planchet drift marks (as made) on the obverse behind the ribbon ends for this purpose. BB Die State IV. BB-141 is one of the most popular and eagerly sought die marriages among 1799-dated silver dollars, combining as it does an overdate obverse die with a reverse die readily recognizable as having a blundered arc star pattern. On the obverse, the final digit 9 in the date has been punched over an 8, remnants of the underdigit quite bold and readily evident even without the aid of a loupe. The reverse exhibits 15 stars above the eagle as opposed to the normal 13, although the additional two stars can be difficult to discern for the uninitiated. They protrude from the first and final clouds, which were enlarged by the engraver to cover most of the extra stars when he realized his blunder. BB-141 is not a major rarity in an absolute sense -- it is actually a fairly plentiful die marriage by 1799 dollar standards -- but in Mint State the variety is a significant condition rarity. The Larry H. Miller specimen is a landmark Gem, a coin that would be CC#1 were it included in Dave Bowers' (2013) list of "Notable Specimens" for the variety (which tops out at MS-64). PCGS CoinFactsalso provides no provenance data or auction appearances for a 1799/8 dollar of any variety in MS-65. An apparent newcomer to the Condition Census for the BB-141 die marriage, this remarkable coin also ranks among the finest certified examples of both the date and the Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle dollar type. Worthy of inclusion in the finest cabinet. Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. NGC Census (all die marriages of the 1799/8 dollar): 1; 1 finer (MS-66). PCGS reports only a single 1799/8 dollar in grades finer than MS-64, a 13-Star Reverse coin in MS-65. PCGS# 6883. NGC ID: 24X8. Click here for certification details from NGC. Click here to see Coins in Motion. [“Coins]