1799/8 $1 BB-143 MS(PCGS#40066)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

3064

Erhaltungsgrad

AU55

Preis

12.000

Losbeschreibung

BB Die State II. This handsome and highly significant early dollar offers desirable Choice AU quality for a scarce and conditionally challenged die pairing. Satiny surfaces retain considerable mint bloom and support rich toning in a blend of olive-gray, powder blue and pinkish-gold. The strike is expertly centered on both sides with uniformly sharp detail throughout. There are no marks of consequence, but some wispy hairlines that blend nicely with the toning are noted for accuracy. Light high point rub as befits the assigned grade, and the appearance is very nice for an early dollar that saw light commercial use.<p>Bowers-Borckardt 143 is the scarcest of the three overdate varieties of the 1799 Draped Bust silver dollar, all of which share the same obverse. In this marriage, one of two for the 13-Star Reverse <em>Guide Book</em> variety, this obverse is paired with a reverse that is always seen with a crack from the border through the curved portion of the letter D in UNITED. Q. David Bowers, <em>Encyclopedia of United States Silver Dollars: 1794-1804</em> (2013), estimates that only 250 to 450 examples of BB-143 are extant in all grades, making this variety twice as scarce as BB-142 and nearly three times as scarce as BB-141. This variety is also the most conditionally challenging of the three 1799 overdates, the typical example grading no finer than VF. The present example nearly qualifies as Condition Census per the Bowers' list of notable specimens for the variety, and it is a definite find for advanced early dollar variety enthusiasts.