1799 $1 MS(PCGS#6878)

1799 $1 MS (PCGS#6878)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Lot Description: BB Die State II. This is a visually stunning, uncommonly well preserved example of the type, issue and die pairing. Both sides exhibit blushes of vivid reddish-apricot and powder blue iridescence that light up a base of silvery brilliance. Well centered in strike and remarkably sharp for a product of the fledgling United States Mint, the detail throughout Liberty's portrait, the eagle's plumage, and around the peripheries is universally impressive.<p>In today's numismatic marketplace there are very few coins that will catch a collector's eye the way a stunning Choice AU Draped Bust dollar does, and it makes little difference what the date reads. The typically seen Draped Bust dollar is apt to be anywhere from VG to VF, at which levels most varieties tend to be readily available. Pleasing EF and lower end AU examples of the type, while not rare in the purest sense, can still be considered elusive, and the demand for those grades is strong. Once the threshold of Mint State is reached, at the Choice AU level, rarity is factored in regardless of the date or variety, and finding an attractive AU-58 or AU-58+ Draped Bust dollar is a challenge not to be taken lightly.<p>BB-160 is one of the most plentiful die marriages of the 1799-dated issue, although it is still scarcer than BB-163 and BB-166. Conditionally rare at the AU-58 level of preservation, this lovely and significant coin is sure to see spirited bidding among astute collectors.