August 2023 Global Showcase Auction – 14 - 21 August 2023
Live Sessions: Ancient and World Coins, Currency
Part B: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part D: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part C: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 3: We, 16.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 16.08.2023, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part 5: We, 16.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 17.08.2023, from 12:00 AM CEST
Part E: Th, 17.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Th, 17.08.2023, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Fr, 18.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 10: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Mo, 21.08.2023, from 4:00 PM CEST
Description
1799/8 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-142, B-1. Rarity-4. 13-Star Reverse. AU-53 (NGC).
Mottled olive and silver-gray patina with underlying cobalt blue associated with the former color. The strike is soft at Liberty's bust and in the opposing area on the reverse, but it is well centered with plenty of bold AU detail otherwise. Traces of frosty mint luster persist on this handsome example. There is only one obverse die of the 1799-dated silver dollar issue that shows this overdate feature. Although this die developed cracks and was lapped severely, it proved hardy enough to be paired with three different reverse dies to create the three known 1799/8 varieties BB-141, BB-142 and BB-143. The BB-142, offered here, is readily attributable by the extensive die damage at the letter I in AMERICA seen on all examples struck from this reverse. About Uncirculated examples such as this are rare. BB Die State III.
PCGS# 6884. NGC ID: 24X8.
From the Legacy Collection. Earlier from Heritage's Dallas Signature Auction of October 2019, lot 3128; Heritage's Summer FUN Signature Auction of July 2022, lot 3792; Heritage's Long Beach Signature Auction of February 2023, lot 3134.
Estimate: $4900
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| Price realized | 4'400 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 4'900 USD |
