Lot 1307
1795 Flowing Hair Dollar. 3 leaves beneath each wing. . BB-27. NGC graded AU-53. Untoned with some luster present. A sparkling and lustrous coin, one with a satiny beauty that includes fully defined design features for the variety (the topmost hair waves show little detail on these, even in the finest condition), plus a burst of varying light silver gray shades over both sides. The reverse has three leaves under each wing, 13 berries of which seven are on left branch, six on the right. Two berries under first T in STATES, one on inside and one on outside of wreath. All specimens of BB-27 examined by Bolender showed a fine die crack from end of left stem downward, as here. This reverse die also struck BB-25 and BB-26. Pop 7; 9 finer for variety. (PCGS # 6852) .
Estimated Value $16,000 - 18,000.
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| Realized $16,100 |
