1800 $1 Dotted Date MS(PCGS#6889)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4235

Grade

AU50

Price

6,900

Lot Description

The obverse die of this variety developed a number of pits in its surface, particularly around the date, that resulted in raised dots on the coins it struck. These lumps give the 1800 BB-194 variety its popular name as the Dotted Date variety. No examples are known without these raised dots at the date. Although the BB-194 is not a major variety in the overall numismatic scheme of things - it is actually the result of die deterioration and nothing more - it is listed in the <em>Guide Book</em>, the foremost arbiter of numismatic fashions, and thus demand for it is extraordinary. The coin offered here is superior to the typical circulated survivor in VF or EF grades. It is warmly toned in smoky gray, olive and rose with the colors somewhat mottled on the reverse. A coin that would make an impressive addition to an advanced early dollar cabinet. BB Die State III.