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
1803 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-255, B-6. Rarity-2. Large 3. AU-50 (PCGS). CAC.
Boldly defined overall with ample frosty luster to generally antique silver-gray surfaces. A few swirls of steel-blue patina are evident on the reverse, both sides also revealing flashes of pale sandy-gold tinting as the coin dips into a light. The date 1803 is the latest that appears on circulation strike Draped Bust silver dollars, although some examples were produced in 1804 and 1805. On the Large 3 obverse used for this variety, the 3 is repunched low, this features diagnostic for the BB-255 attribution. In late 2014 a new obverse die was discovered that also displays the Large 3 style, but that 3 is not repunched. Furthermore the new obverse die has a strongly repunched T in LIBERTY with the post showing below the primary letter. That was the first new variety discovered in the Bust dollar series in more than a decade, confirming that numismatists are always learning new things when studying old coins. Here is a classic high grade example of the well known BB-255 attribution that will provide hours of enjoyment to an advanced collector seeking one of these handsome early U.S. Mint silver coins. BB Die State II.
PCGS# 6901. NGC ID: 24XD.
From the Legacy Collection.
Estimate: $7400
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| Price realized | 10'500 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 7'400 USD |
