Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 34

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Draped Bust Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1609		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded EF-40. Mostly untoned but with a few areas of rubberband streaking around the date, on the portrait, and in the right obverse field that should probably be taken into consideration when bidding. This is one of only two draped bust obverses for 1795. The head of Liberty is situated left of center (on the other variety, it is more centrally placed). The small eagle reverse, introduced at this time, would last only 3 more years until 1798 before it was replaced. Pop 22; 52 finer. (PCGS # 96858) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photo Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 1610		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded EF-40. Hint of light toning with deeper areas of old silver gray around the main devices. A thin hairline on the cheek, but generally better preserved than average for Extremely Fine specimens of this variety. Pop 22; 52 finer. (PCGS # 96858) . There are only two varieties of 1795 Draped Bust silver dollars, BB-51 and BB-52. Both are readily available, and you will have little difficulty in acquiring a specimen of one or both in average condition like Fine or Very Fine. The 1795 BB-51, employing as it does the off-center Draped Bust on the obverse and the curious and long-1ived Small Letters die for the reverse, is certainly one of the most talked-about varieties in the early dollar series. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,800
Lot 1611		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded EF-40. Natural toning on both sides includes some planchet impurity streaking as often seen. Choice, smooth surfaces, equally choice rims, and grand eye appeal for the grade. Pop 22; 52 finer. (PCGS # 96858) . Master dies, puncheons, or hubs (they have been known under many names over the years) were created for certain elements in the design of the 1795 dollars. For dollars of the period, these punches consisted of major design elements. Punches for the head of Liberty, eagle, and much of the wreath were probably made, with the smaller elements such as berries, stars, date digits and lettering added separately. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,475
Lot 1612		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. Off-center bust. NGC graded AU-50. Light grey toning on both sides with warm russet brown and a little iridescence. Some adjustment marks on the eagle. The scarce draped bust, small eagle issue of 1795. Pop 6; 11 finer for the variety. The obverse depicts Liberty in draped bust form for the first time, with the motif too far to the left. On all subsequent obverse dies, Liberty was better centered. Hence, it seems reasonable to assume that the die with the portrait too far to the left (BB-51) represents a first effort, later corrected. The reverse was also of a new style, with a smaller, fuller eagle than before perched on a cloud; an olive branch to the left and a palm branch to the right frames the composition. The words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA were placed around the periphery, widely spaced, and in small letters; what numismatists call the Small Eagle, Small Letters reverse. Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. View details	Realized $11,500
Lot 1613		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. Off-center bust. NGC graded AU-50. Lightly toned on both sides with medium dove gray shades, a very attractive composition for this early piece. No deviation in the sharp relief seen, indeed in the centers of the coin where the design usually failed to completely fill the dies we see much better detail than average, putting this ahead of the rest when it comes to collector interest. Pop 6; 11 finer for the variety. Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. View details	Realized $10,350
Lot 1614		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. Off-center bust. NGC graded EF-45. Lovely toning. Popular draped bust, small eagle Type, this handsome example features very choice rims and surfaces. But it is the color where it really puts on a display. We can only guess that the coin resided in a cardboard coin album for many years. It since acquired blue, gold, purple-gray and russet shades whose iridescence and nice balance gives this coin an advantage over others. Pop 7; 17 finer. Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details	Realized $9,660
Lot 1615		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. Off-center bust. BB-51, Bolender-14. Sharpness of EF-40. Probably cleaned at one time. Now a uniform light antique grey with darker "antique" color in and around the main devices, making for a pleasing appearance. The strike is excellent, as it usually is for this Type. This may be one reason the mint decided to switch designs from the earlier flowing hair style, which often struck poorly at centers. A handsome coin despite the minor cleaning from long ago. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1616		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. Centered bust. NGC graded EF-45. Light even grey with russet brown toning on both sides; this Centered Head variety of the draped bust, small eagle 1795 has a small die break in Liberty's hair near the ribbon. A few light marks on the neck and bust, others in the field, but all in all a choice exmaple of the Type. Pop 5; 5 finer for the variety. Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,763
Lot 1617		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. Centered bust. NGC graded EF-45. Nice natural toning with just as nice surface appearance, the bust of Liberty is centrally placed on BB-52, one of only two 1795 draped bust varieties. Pop 5; 5 finer for the variety. The making of design punches, such as the portrait of Miss Liberty, the eagle, and, to a lesser extent, the wreath, was assigned to a skilled engraver. The preparation of numeral, star, leaf, letter, and other small punches was sometimes done on a contract basis with outsiders which may account for irregularities and mistakes in some of these design elements. Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details	Realized $7,763
Lot 1618		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. Centered bust. PCGS graded EF-45. Nice toning on both sides. The popular (and desirable) draped bust, small eagle Type which was introduced with this and the BB-51 (off-center bust) 1795 as a replacement for the flowing hair design. Uneven toning suggesting long ago cleaning, but the surface and rims are both choice enough to deserve your attention and admiration. Centers are, as always, well struck on BB-52. That mark in Liberty's hair is from a break in the die and is seen on all examples. Pop 39. (PCGS # 6858) . Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,000. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,763
Lot 1619		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. Centered bust. NGC graded EF-40. Even toning on both sides, deep and somewhat granular in appearance, with a few slight edge bumps. The high points of the design provide "rubbed silver" contrast and so increase the visual impact of this early draped bust specimen. Pop 2; 10 finer for the variety. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details	Realized $7,188
Lot 1620		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. Centered bust. NGC graded EF-40. Nicely toned with lighter shades of old silver patina in the fields and throughout the devices, deepening to steel gray with some iridescence at the outer margins. There are scattered adjustment marks on Liberty, but the fields and devices are very choice. One or two very minor rim marks found (PCGS # 6858) . Those who might be new to coin collecting may never have heard about "adjustment marks." Prior to the 1850s, mint workers weighed each and every gold or silver planchet before sending it to the coiner for striking. This was done to assure that the weight standard was honestly maintained. It was also an economy measure. Gold, in particular, is valuable; it would have been nonsensical to issue overweight coinage. Therefore, the mints hired "adjusters" (usually women) who weighed each planchet. Any that they found overweight were filed down with a steel file. One or two flicks of the wrist were probably all that was needed, either near the rim or across the center of the planchet. The resulting parallel "adjustment marks" remained visible in many cases, even after the coin was struck. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,188
Lot 1621		1795 Draped Bust Dollar. Centered bust. NGC graded VF-35. Mostly untoned, and mainly in the top echelons of its grade. There is a small area of planchet impurity streaking at the date but that is all. Pop 7 in VF; 12 finer for the variety. Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details	Realized $5,175
Lot 1622		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, large letters. NGC graded EF-45. Nicely toned. Numerous but faint hairline scratches underneath the toning on this well toned, and in fact, very attractively toned early small eagle silver dollar. Reverse die used to strike 1796 BB-61 only, it is distinguished by having a leaf that touches the first S of STATES but no leaves touch the letters of UNITED (BB-65, by comparison, which looks similar, has leaves touching three of the letters in UNITED.). Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,000. View details	Realized $7,763
Lot 1623		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, small letters. NGC graded EF-40. Nice light even toning on both sides, shading from natural gray to typical "old russet" of a toned silver coin that is over 200 years old. A desirable draped bust, small eagle coin. Pop 1; 3 in 45; 1 in 53. Small wide date; all of the figures of date evenly spaced wide apart. 6 leans to the left. Highest wave of hair under serif at left bottom of E; second highest wave under upright of R. Small Eagle. Small Letters in legend. Eagle stands on clouds. Wreath is composed of a palm branch (right) and olive branch (left), the latter with seven berries. A short, prominent die scratch extends up to left from tip of right, inside leaf below (observer's) left wing. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $10,925
Lot 1624		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, small letters. PCGS graded EF-40. Nice even toning on both sides, primarily a blend of light to deep grays with natural russet brown. Small, wide date with 96 close and 6 tipped to the left. Raised "dot" die flaw over 1 in date and closest to bust, tiny extra projection or flaw extending from the space at the bottom of star 11. No leaves touch letters in UNITED. Pop 35; 63 finer. (PCGS # 6859) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,763
Lot 1625		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, small letters. PCGS graded EF-40. Light to medium gray patina, all original with choice underlying surfaces. Typical medium strike quality includes most but not all hair definition above Liberty's brow, but we are pleased to see that the rims are in excellent shape without bumps. This is one of the better preserved examples of the important 1796 draped bust, small eagle motif. Pop 35; 63 finer. (PCGS # 6859) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,775
Lot 1626		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, small letters. PCGS graded VF-30. Light to medium "aged silver" toning on both sides. There are a few thin but old scratches on the head, neck and in the hair, but the fields are strikingly well preserved for this often difficult date, while the rims are also choice. Popular short-lived Type which pairs a draped bust of Liberty to a small eagle reverse (used only in 1795-98). Small letters in legend. Letters AMER crowded and touch at bases. Eight plain berries in wreath. Berry under first T in STATES. Two leaves beneath eagle's right (to observer's left) wing, these having been added by hand in front of the cloud. No leaves touch UNITED. The 1796 BB-61 dollar is the most common variety of the year (PCGS # 6859) . The estimated mintage of 75,000 1796-dated dollars (of various die varieties combined, each of the Draped Bust type) is less than that of the estimated mintage of 110,000 Draped Bust dollars coined with the date 1795, making this the scarcer year. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,025
Lot 1627		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, large letters. NGC graded EF-45. Nice light golden toning on both sides. Later die state with rim breaks and crumbling along the top border of the obverse. A generally sharp impression with left by the rebound of the dies that struck this important draped bust, small eagle silver dollar, leaving behind their rigid impression on most design elements. Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details	Realized $9,200
Lot 1628		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, large letters. NGC graded EF-45. Mostly untoned with some minor roughness or granularity on the neck and bust, extending out into the fields. A choice specimen of this variety. Due to unsatisfactory impressing of the eagle punch in the working die, specimens of 1796 BB-61 are not as well defined on the reverse as are most others of this general design type. Even AU and Mint State coins are apt to have the feathers appear "fuzzy" or indistinct. In worn grades the lack of detail on the eagle's breast feathers is even more apparent. Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details	Realized $9,775
Lot 1629		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, large letters. PCGS graded EF-45. Mostly untoned with some luster still visable in and around the stars and legends, etc. Centers are average to slightly above average for their depth of detail, whiile the surface preservation is strictly above average in terms of choiceness and freedom from marks. There aren't any rim problems either, with this exceptional specimen. From what we see in this consignment of 1796 silver dollars, the consignor has an eye for color, choiceness, and balanced overall quality, which is rare in any collector since it takes many months if not years to acquire representative early dollars like these! Pop 27; 15 finer. (PCGS # 6860) . Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,625
Lot 1630		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, large letters. NGC graded EF-45. Attractive toning, very attractive rims and surfaces, and a nice balanced composition for this variety. BB-61 correspond to the typically seen variety with the Small Date obverse and Large Letters reverse. On the obverse, the date numerals are from a small font, the numeral 1 is distant from Liberty's lowest hair curl, and an prominent die dot shows above the 1. The reverse displays the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in a larger lettering font. Pop 7; 8 finer. Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details	Realized $8,625
Lot 1631		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, large letters. PCGS graded EF-45. A few light marks and scratches on Liberty at the hairline, but generally choice and attractive overall. The small, wide date of this variety has the 96 close and 6 tipped to the left. There is a dianostic raised "dot" die flaw over 1 in date and closest to bust, tiny extra projection or flaw extending from the space at the bottom of star 11. The 1796 BB-61 dollar is the most common variety of the year. An estimated 1,250 to 2,000 specimens exist. Pop 27; 15 finer. No Mint State example graded at PCGS (PCGS # 6860) . Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,200
Lot 1632		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, large letters. PCGS graded EF-40. Nicely toned on both sides with ample russet and gray patina whose depth and balanced distribution points to 200+ years of careful preservation and storage. A very attractive example of this scarcer year. Pop 17; 42 finer. (PCGS # 6860) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,338
Lot 1633		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, large letters. PCGS graded EF-40. Again, we see the consignor's keen eye for detail in the sharp definition of Liberty, the clean surfaces and choice rims, the attractive old-silver color with its varying shades of gray and some russet brown. All in all as splendid a BB-61 in this condition as you are likely to find. The modus operandi of the mint in those days was to use what by modern methods would be a primitive "screw press" to strike these large coins. A burly pressman, with bulging muscles on his arms no doubt, would spend the better part of the day swinging a great weighted boom that operated the screw. Depending on this degree of tiredness or morning freshness, the strikes from this operation could vary all the way from extra bold to very soft and mushy. One doesn't wonder whether the mint kept a barrel of cloth towels handy for the pressman to use to wipe the perspiration off his face, arms and chest after such a workout! And those who are familiar with a Philadelphia summer can commiserate with him in those unairconditioned times! Pop 17; 42 finer. (PCGS # 6860) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,590
Lot 1634		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Small date, large letters. NGC graded VF-35. Nicely toned on both sides. An attractive two-tone "old silver gray" example with lighter rubbed silver high points offsetting the smooth, even finish of the deeper gray areas that surround. Well struck centers, choice rims, good eye-appeal, and the understanding that this is an important 4-year type featuring the draped bust Liberty and small eagle reverse. Only 7 graded in VF by NGC; 19 finer. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,485
Lot 1635		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Large date, small letters. PCGS graded AU-50. A hint of light brownish gray toning on both sides that is deepest in the recessed areas around the legends, date, and stars. Pop 4; 15 finer. (PCGS # 6861) . The "large" size of the date is not immediately obvious, but upon study, the digits are indeed slightly larger, and are in the numeral size used the following year, 1797. The 6 in date plainly shows it was double punched; this is visible at the underside of the top of the 6 and the upper inside of the bottom loop. Stars at right are very closely spaced and touch or nearly touch their neighboring stars. Highest wave of hair is below upright of E and is very indistinct, probably due to very light relapping. As the numerals bear a close relationship to those used in 1797, this obverse die was probably the final die cut in the 1796 year. Further, the lower right tip of R in LIBERTY is broken; the latest state of any of the four 1796 obverses. Obverse die used to strike 1796 BB-65 only. Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,925
Lot 1636		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Large date, small letters. PCGS graded AU-50. Nice toned. Adjustment marks across Liberty's hair and face. The toning is medium gray with accents of russet brown, so called "antique silver" at its finest. The draped bust, small eagle dollars are the scarcest of the early Bust coins. This has a large date and small letters. The "large" size of the date is not immediately obvious on this variety, but upon study, the digits are indeed slightly larger, and are in the numeral size used the following year, 1797. The 6 in date plainly shows it was double punched; this is visible at the underside of the top of the 6 and the upper inside of the bottom loop. Pop 4; 15 finer. (PCGS # 6861) . Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1637		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Large date, small letters. PCGS graded EF-45. Pleasing antique silver gray with a russet and steel iridescence. Crisp detail in the hair and most of the drapery, also sharp at peripheries, and pleasing eagle to go with smooth surfaces. Very attractive for the assigned grade, compared to others we have seen, with only a few scattered marks. A handsome dollar with a full border; the large circular die break at IC of AMERICA is consistent with Bowers' state II, a typical die state. Pop 11; 19 finer. (PCGS # 6861) . Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $12,075
Lot 1638		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Large date, small letters. NGC graded EF-40. Light grey and blue toning. This important offering has lighter silver accents in the fields and on the devices, offset by deeper old-gray and silvery blue toning around the stars and main legends. The broad expanse of detail is nicely impressed by the dies, noting only that the eagle is a little weak as always since it was rarely if ever in high relief on the "small eagle" dollars of 1795-98. Pop 5; 8 finer for the variety by NGC. Diagnostics: A few adjustment marks on the reverse at upper left; blob-like die break at IC of AMERICA is well developed on this specimen; seen on all BB-65 dollars (this lump does not touch C in the earlier state of the dies). Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,900
Lot 1639		1796 Draped Bust Dollar. Large date, small letters. NGC graded EF-40. Medium gray with russet toned. Faithful to every detail from a standard blow by the dies, with the usual marginal softness found at the eagle's body and right leg along with portions of Liberty's hair and drapery folds. This has the distinguishing die break at IC of AMERICA. An attractive example whose choice surfaces place it in the running in today's active market for early draped bust, small eagle dollars in quality grades. Pop 5; 8 finer. Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 1640		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 stars left, 7 right, small letters. PCGS graded EF-45. Nicely toned with some light marks on the face and neck. Small Eagle with Small Letters in legend, the eagle stands on clouds. Around, a wreath composed of a palm branch (right) and olive branch (left), the latter with seven berries. A short, prominent die scratch extends up to left from tip of right on this variety, with the inside leaf below (observer's) left wing. Berry under A of STATES; a quick way to identify this reverse. This long-lived reverse die was used to strike 1795 BB-51; 1796 BB-62, BB-43, and BB-46 (now relapped); 1797 BB-72; and 1798 BB-81. Pop 5; 5 finer; no mint state graded by PCGS. (PCGS # 6866) . Estimated Value $12,000 - 14,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $26,450
Lot 1641		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 stars left, 7 right, small letters. NGC graded EF-45. Variegated silver gray and russet brown with choice fields and rims. Weakly struck at centers but strong at the peripheries which is standard for this variety. A little rough in places and with some marks on both sides but nothing noteworthy. An attractive example of this elusive and popular major variety, labeled by Bowers in his Encyclopedia as "the most famous variety after 1794 and before 1804." BB-72 is the sole variety for 1797 displaying the small letters reverse. On the obverse, the stars are arranged with nine to the left of Liberty and seven to the right. The reverse displays the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, a small lettering font, this being a further re-use of the small-letters reverse die first seen on 1795 small eagle dollars. Pop 6; 1 in AU-50; 1 in AU-55. Estimated Value $12,000 - 14,000. View details	Realized $18,400
Lot 1642		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 stars left, 7 right, small letters. PCGS graded VG-10. Light grey toning; some adjustment in hair. The eagle and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA are weakly visible on the reverse. Scarce variety (PCGS # 6866) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,070
Lot 1643		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 stars left, 7 right, large letters. NGC graded AU-53. Untoned example with the usual weak areas on both sides seen on most of the issue with this die pair. Only about half the hair detail shows, along with weakness on Liberty's upper drapery. Pop 3; 10 finer for the variety. Estimated Value $11,000 - 14,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $12,075
Lot 1644		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 stars left, 7 right, large letters. NGC graded AU-50. Uneven soft strike around 12:00 obv. and corresponding area on the reverse. Otherwise a choice, lustrous example of this short-lived small eagle Type. Pop 6; 13 finer for the variety. Estimated Value $10,000 - 11,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $11,500
Lot 1645		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 stars left, 7 right, large letters. PCGS graded EF-45. A very attractive toned example of this small eagle Type. If a chance presented itself of making a decision which coin from this lovely group to buy if you need only one example to represent the draped bust, small eagle motif, then this usually futile chore is made easy by picking the coin offered here. Pop 30; 33 finer. (PCGS # 6863) . Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,350
Lot 1646		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 stars left, 7 right, large letters. PCGS graded EF-40. A hint of light gray with gold toning. A few light adjustment lines through the eagle. The devices that were left by the dies lack a certain precision due to insufficient die pressure, but it often found on this 1797 issue, notice the weak stars on the left, a trait of this variety. Just the same, it was struck with enough force on the reverse that the eagle's eye is revealed along with the nasal opening. Pop 51; 63 finer. (PCGS # 6863) . "In 1797 the number of stars on the silver dollar was increased to 16. The coinage is said by government reports to be the lowest of any year from 1795 to 1803, although now it is believed that the numbers given are incorrect. I believe that most or all of the mintage of 7,776 coins reported for the calendar year may have been of earlier dates, and that most coins struck from dies dated 1797 were actually made in early 1798," explains the Bowers-Borckhardt reference book. Continuing, Bowers says, "I estimate the number to be 60,000 (within about 10%). As noted earlier in the present text, numerous numismatic data suggest that the mintage of 1797 must have been about on a par with that of 1796, or not significantly different." Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,590
Lot 1647		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 stars left, 7 right, large letters. PCGS graded VF-30. Light toning, with some faint adjustment marks on the portrait. One small edge defect (as made) on the rim below the first star. Centers typically soft but the detail elsewhere is on a par with others of this variety and grade (PCGS # 6863) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,370
Lot 1648		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 10 stars left, 6 right. NGC graded EF-45. Light even toning on both sides with some deeper old-silver gray between the stars and around the legends. A few small rim bruises on the obverse and reverse; good breast feather detail on the eagle and wings showing most feathers. Pop 16; 12 finer for the variety. Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,763
Lot 1649		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 10 stars left, 6 right. NGC graded EF-45. Untoned example possibly lightly cleaned but it has been retoning naturally around the periphery. Struck partially low on the obverse, leaving the upper rim dentils wide. A few light marks in the field and on the bust. Pop 16; 12 finer for the variety. Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,625
Lot 1650		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 10 stars left, 6 right. NGC graded EF-40. Light grey toning. Obverve heavy adjustment marks as made. This is the popular draped bust, small eagle 1797 with large reverse letters, an affordable issue. Although it is reported only 7,776 dollars were minted in 1797, the fact there are numerous die pairings used suggests that additional examples of these were struck in 1798. Pop 6; 31 finer. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,188
Lot 1651		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 10 stars left, 6 right. PCGS graded EF-40. Boldly struck with lovely lilac and gold colors and attractive surfaces. There is some slight planchet impurity streaking below one of the eagle's wings (PCGS # 6865) . 16 stars, only six at right facing bust. A die dot close to the bottom right of the second digit makes the date read 17.97 (some imagination is required); the last 7 is high. The star arrangement of 10 stars to the left and six to the right is unique in the dollar series. This obverse die used to strike 1797 BB-71 only. Reverse A: Large letters in legend. 8 berries in left branch. Leaf ends under middle of E in STATES. Lowest berry near ribbon bow is on outside of wreath. Large planchet. A leaf is almost below the T in UNITED, a berry is under the center of the first T in STATES, another leaf is past the O in OF and another leaf is very close to the R in AMERICA. Three leaves below eagle's right (observer's left) wing. This reverse die used to strike 1797 BB-71 only. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,338
Lot 1652		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 10 stars left, 6 right. PCGS graded EF-40. Mostly untoned, a well struck, pleasing example with no rim problems. "1797 BB-71 is about tied with BB-73 in terms of availability. I estimate that 1,200 to 2,000 are known. If anything, BB-71 is very slightly scarcer than BB-73," explains the Bowers book on silver dollars. "As is the case with dollars of the two other varieties of this year, examples of 1797 BB-71 are usually seen in lower grades. However, several have been called Uncirculated over the years. Undoubtedly, most would not merit the grade by today's stricter interpretations of standards. However, any 1797 dollar that is a candidate for being in this grade is apt to be of the BB-71 variety." Pop 23. (PCGS # 6865) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,763
Lot 1653		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 10 stars left, 6 right. PCGS graded EF-40. Nice medium gray with reddish brown toning on both sides, your typical old-silver look of originality in an early silver dollar. Pop 23. (PCGS # 6865) . When America's new mint director, Henry DeSaussure, took the helm in 1795 it was his ambition to upgrade the Flowing Hair design, which he thought too unseemly for a outward-looking young nation. DeSaussure tapped Gilbert Stuart, an illustrious portrait artist of the day, to fashion a more conservative bust of Liberty. According to Walter Breen, Stuart submitted the Draped Bust design featuring a Mrs. William Bingham in the role of Liberty. The draped bust was put into production late in 1795 and continued through the end of the series, in 1803. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,475
Lot 1654		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 10 stars left, 6 right. PCGS graded EF-40. Mostly untoned but with accents of old-gray color on the high points of the hair, cheek, and shoulder, etc. This is another scarce example of the 1797 variety which has 10 stars at left. Pop 23. (PCGS # 6865) . The reverse of the Small Eagle coins of 1795-98 show an eagle perched on a cloud within a wreath composed of an olive branch to the left and palm leaves to the right, tied with a bow at the bottom. The inscription UNITED STATES OF AMERICA surrounds. Each silver dollar of this era also has the edge lettered HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT (plus ornamentation). As photographs do not usually include edge lettering, and as the edges of coins sealed in holders cannot be examined easily (if at all), it is not easy for a scholar to gain information. In the Washington token, half cent, large cent, half dollar, and pattern coin series, edge lettering has been studied in detail, but thus far, virtually no research has been done on business strike dollars of the 1794-1803 dates. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,763
Lot 1655		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 10 stars left, 6 right. NGC graded EF-40. Toned on both sides. Desirable with this above-average strike, even though we need to point out some modest signs of weakness in the centers (hair, and on the reverse, eagle's breast and leg) which is typical for just about every 1797 silver dollar regardless which die pair struck it. Pleasing old silver color beams from pleasant smooth surfaces, with some medium russet and gray color across the coin. Pop 44. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 1656		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 10 stars left, 6 right. NGC graded VF-30. Uniform medium greyish toning. The surfaces are actually very choice in spite of what the photographs show; some of the bust dollars from this consignor are in rather scratched NGC or PCGS holders, which show up as scratches on the photos. These are on the holder and not the coin. The surface has the look of properly store "old silver" and is very attractive on this variety. Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1657		1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 10 stars left, 6 right. PCGS graded VF-35. Light grey toning; heavily abraded and scratched but the rims are unusually choice, which is a plus. A scarce draped bust, small eagle dollar from this year and the only die with this unusual star arrangement on the obverse (PCGS # 6865) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1658		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Small eagle reverse, 15 stars on obverse. PCGS graded EF-45. Lovely toning. Well struck. Each silver dollar of this era has the edge lettered HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT (plus ornamentation). As photographs do not usually include edge lettering, and as the edges of coins sealed in holders cannot be examined easily (if at all), it is not easy for a scholar to gain further information. This coin puts on a grand display of medium to deep gray color with some iridescence added to the mix along with natural brown toning. The high points are lighter silver gray color. Pop 9 with 7 finer at PCGS (PCGS # 6868) . Estimated Value $9,000 - 11,000. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $15,525

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