1844 $1 MS(PCGS#6930)

June 2023 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3185

等级

AU58

价格

38,984

详细说明

1844 Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. OC-1, Top 30 Variety. Rarity-2. Misplaced Date, Doubled Die Obverse. AU-58 (PCGS). Wisps of iridescent antique silver and pinkish-apricot toning drift over near-fully lustrous surfaces. Frosty to semi-reflective in finish with a boldly executed strike. Demand from contemporary bullion depositors resulted in a mintage of just 20,000 circulation strike silver dollars in 1844 - the lowest of the decade after only 1848. Prior to the public announcement of the Comstock Lode, which came in 1859, there were no significant sources of domestically mined silver in the United States. Since much of the silver in commerce at the time had to be imported or obtained from foreign coins in U.S. circulation, it is little wonder that only limited quantities of dollars were requested from the Mint during the first decade of the Liberty Seated series. Most 1844 dollars were used in the export trade with Europe and the Orient, although some were used domestically during the brief era of practical, functioning bimetallism in the United States that spanned much of the 1840s. With no more than 800 coins extant in all grades (per your cataloger, JLA), this issue is one of the scarcest silver dollars of its decade. The prominent obverse variety results in even further demand for premium Choice AU coins such as this from advanced specialists in Liberty Seated coinage. PCGS# 6930. NGC ID: 24YE. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.