Lot 2898
1800 Draped Bust Dollar. "AMERICAI". Rarity 2. PCGS graded EF-40. Popular Red Book variety. Marginally soft strike on the hair especially in the center, although in this instance, the reverse is strong throughout the expected weak area above and to the right of the eagle. Another handsome early silver dollar. Evenly toned. The AMERICAI reverse is used on two die marriages, BB-191 and BB-192. On the latter, the obverse has a point of star 1 closer to the hair than the point of star 7 is to L; right stars close to Y and bust. The last O in date is just as close to bust as is star 13. The 1 almost touches curl. There is a vertical die flaw below right side of first star near the border. On the left, stars 1-2 and 5-6 are closer together than are other stars. On the right, stars 11-12 are farther apart than are other stars. This obverse die was used to strike BB-192 only. Pop 1; 4 finer, 3 in 50, 1 in 55 (PCGS # 40082) .
Estimated Value $3,700 - 4,000.
The Dr. Robert Hesselgesser Collection.
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