Lot 591
1795 B-1, BB-21. Rarity 2 2 Leaves. PCGS graded AU-53. Exceptional beauty and clear hair definition due to fact the head of Liberty was punched deeply into the die. One of the handsomer varieties for a Type buyer who wants a particularly appealing coin. The surface is smooth and almost entirely free of marks (there is a light diagonal mark below the 8th star). Color is somewhat variegated with light to medium shades of silver-gray and pale russet predominating. On the reverse, the well-positioned eagle displays some breast feather detail as well as having a complete eye and nasal opening -- all of which point to a full strike by the dies. Scarce in this higher grade, as the numbers indicate: Pop 1; 2 finer; 1 in 55; 1 in 58. Only 8 examples graded for the variety at PCGS. (PCGS # 39986) .
New head punch (Obverse 6) which differs slightly from BB-20 and before. Flowing hair in five prominent curls, with a thin faint additional curl below the third curl from the top. Innermost point of star 1 just touches lowest curl. The curl continues upward to half close the loop. Head high and closer to LIBERTY than on most other obverses. The date is wide, with more space between 1 and 7 than other figures. The 7 in the date was repunched over an erroneous 1, prompting some to catalogue the variety as 1795 over 1195. As is the case with Obverse 9 used to coin BB-27, the present obverse (also used to coin BB-22 and BB-23) had the head of Miss Liberty deeply impressed into the die, causing it to be in slightly higher relief than most other varieties of the year.
Estimated Value $17,000 - 19,000.
Ex; Hesselgesser Collection.
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