Draped Bust Silver Dollar

1800 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-193, B-13, 18. Rarity-4. AU-55 (PCGS).

The strike is nicely centered and quite sharp on both sides of this impressive early dollar. The surfaces are satiny in texture with plenty of luster remaining, and they are free of significant marks. Attractively toned with warm sandy-gray patina that gives way to iridescent undertones of vivid cobalt blue, champagne-gold and rose-apricot. The 1800 BB-193, as we know the variety today, is one of the most plentiful die pairings of the date, and is about tied with BB-187 as the most common. An estimated 76 to 200 examples are known, a range that includes what used to be called Bolender-18, from the same dies, but a later state with clashing. Today, specialists recognize Bolender-18 as simply a later die state of BB-193. This coin was considered B-13 all along, as it is a scarce BB Die State I coin with no cracks or clash marks on either side. At the lower end of the listing of "Notable Specimens" for the die variety in the 2013 edition of Q. David Bowers' early dollar encyclopedia.

PCGS# 40077.

Ex Ira & Larry Goldberg's sale of the Dr. Robert Hesselgesser Collection, September 2011 Pre-Long Beach Auction, lot 5117; Walter Husak Collection.

Estimate: $ 7500