Lot 1839
1800 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded EF-40 PQ. Toned on both sides, a coin with grand eye appeal from the lovely amber brown color and strikingly fresh elements (including the stars). The year 1800 is one of the three so-called common dates in the set (1798 and 1799 being the others), which makes it an ideal choice for a United States Type set of early silver coins. Mintage was 220,920, but as many were exported, the next survival cannot be higher than about 5% to 10% of this figure. Part of the reported mintage was doubtless dated 1799; also, many more were delivered in 1801 but dated 1800 -- in those days, the Mint's record keeping was, well, let us just say Enron might have taken a page out of the mint's ledgers! (PCGS # 6887) .
Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500.
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| Realized $5,175 |
