1800 $1 BB-193 MS(PCGS#40077)

1800 $1 BB-193 MS (PCGS#40077)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Losbeschreibung: BB Die State III (B-18). Condition Census standing for the 1800 BB-193 dies. Satiny silver-gray surfaces exhibit golden highlights on the obverse, more reserved gold and lavender patina on the reverse. Generous amounts of softly frosted luster grace both sides. Nicely struck and just as nicely preserved, with only trivial wear engaging the high points and the faintest marks visible to the unaided eye. Choice for the type, variety, and the assigned grade.<p>The 1800 BB-193, as we know the variety today, is one of the most plentiful die pairings of the date, and is about tied with BB-187 as the most common. An estimated 76 to 200 examples are known, a range that includes what used to be called Bolender-18, from the same dies, but a later state with clashing. Today, specialists recognize Bolender-18 as simply a later die state of BB-193. This coin is a B-18, the reverse with such massive clashing at upper right that it caused the die to crack along the border outside the letters in AMERICA. It is also the plate coin for the BB-193 attribution in the 2013 reference <em>The Encyclopedia of United States Silver Dollars: 1794-1804</em> by Q. David Bowers, and is included in the author's list of "Notable Specimens" therein.