1797 $1 BB-72 MS(PCGS#40005)

June 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

1415

Grade

G6

Prix

2 280

Description du lot

1797 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-72, B-2. Rarity-4. Stars 9x7, Small Letters. Good-6 (PCGS). Dominant pewter gray patina with splashes of mauve that are more extensive on the reverse. All devices are appreciable, and the surfaces are pleasingly smooth in hand for an extensively circulated silver dollar of this early U.S. Mint design type. BB-72 is the scarcest of the three die marriages of the 1797-dated issue. Provenance: From the Boston Old City Hall Collection. Acquired from Jonathan K. Kern, 1993. Company tag with attribution notation included. PCGS# 6866. Click here for certification details from PCGS.