1799 $1 BB-169 MS(PCGS#40060)

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

10083

Grade

AU58

Price

18,000

Lot Description

Condition Rarity 1799 BB-169 Dollar The Queller-Hesselgesser-Miller Specimen 1799 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-169, B-21. Rarity-3. AU-58 (PCGS). CAC. Faint iridescent highlights drift over both sides of this beautiful example, the surfaces of which present as virtually brilliant at most viewing angles. Near-fully lustrous with a lively satin finish, an overall smooth appearance and particularly sharp striking detail on the obverse further enhance this coin's desirability. The reverse is also well struck by early dollar standards with perhaps the expected softness of detail to the eagle's head, breast and left wing. While not a major rarity among die marriages of the 1799 dollar, BB-169 is more conditionally challenging than most with the typical survivor grading no finer than EF. This beautiful premium quality Choice AU is listed third on Bowers' 2013 list of "Notable Specimens" for the variety behind two Mint State coins. Eagerly awaiting inclusion in an advanced early dollar cabinet. PCGS# 40060. Provenance: From the Catherine Bullowa Moore Collection. Earlier ex our (Bowers and Merena's) Rarities Sale of January 2002, lot 522; our (American Numismatic Rarities' and Stack's) Medio and Da Costa Gomez Collections sale, June 2004, lot 1120; our (Stack's) 69th Anniversary Sale, October 2004, lot 1514; Heritage's sale of the Queller Family Collection of Silver Dollars, April 2008, lot 2063; Ira & Larry Goldberg's sale of the Dr. Robert Hesselgesser Collection, February 2009, lot 1075; Ira & Larry Goldberg's Pre-Long Beach Sale of May 2009, lot 616; Ira & Larry Goldberg's Pre-Long Beach Sale of September 2011, lot 5098; Warren Miller Collection.