1844 $1 MS(PCGS#6930)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6014

Grade

XF45

Price

2,040

Lot Description

OC Die State b/b. Bullion deposits were so limited in 1844 that coinage of circulation strike dollars experienced its first significant reduction since the beginning of the Liberty Seated series, as only 20,000 pieces were delivered. The low mintage has long made this issue popular with collectors, who are also drawn to it by the "Quad stripes" obverse of the date's only known circulation strike die pairing. Doubling is plain at the shield, where the vertical stripes are in groups of four (instead of groups of three as on all other dates in the series). Additionally, the top of an errant 8 can be seen in the hem of Liberty's garment above the first digit 4 in the date.