Lot 1834
1799 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 over 8. 15 stars on reverse. PCGS graded AU-50. Lightly toned, this is the affordable Bolender-3 variety with the sharp overdate and odd star-count on the reverse. In 1799, some 11 obverses and 17 reverses were combined to produce 23 varieties. The earliest obverse, evidently a 1798 die left over without final digit and only completed at hardening, is the famous Irregular Date; the irregular date comes with three reverses, one of which is the famous 15 Stars blunder: the regular "arc pattern" began with seven stars in top row, six in second, plus the two at beak and behind head. On discovery of the blunder, die-maker Robert Scot greatly enlarged two end clouds to conceal the two extra stars, but some points remain clear. Pop 15 with 40 finer
This reverse also comes with what many believe to be the second die of the year, the famous 1799/8: an obverse originally made up for the 1798 Wide Date group but mislaid or for some other reason unused. This overdate die also comes with two other reverses that do not have 15 stars (PCGS # 6883) .
Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,500.
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