Lot 5128
1802/1 B-9, BB-235 Wide Date Rarity 5. PCGS graded AU-53. Subset of PCGS # 40090. In a new secure plus holder. Condition Census. Light to medium gray with pleasant russet undertones. A smooth-surfaced beauty. Having that in mind for the original condition which buyers will see is quite out of the ordinary, we see as well a full, bold transfer from die to planchet notable in the hair waves and drapery, with some marginal weakness on the eagleís neck and wing edges. The shield, however, display almost complete stripes and lies in the chief (the horizontal portion of the heraldic device).
The 1802/1 BB-235 is the rarest overdate of the year as well as the rarest of all 1802 varieties. Only about 31 to 75 are estimated to be known. It may mean that no Mint State specimen exists, meaning this AU53 might be the finest known. Unknown to Haseltine in 1881, and to other early scholars, this obverse and die combination was discovered by M.H. Bolender in the Marmaduke Fox Collection in 1950 after the plates to his book went to press, but before the text was printed. Once the variety was announced, specimens started "coming out of the woodwork," as the listing below indicates. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 40095) .
Estimated Value $12,000-UP.
Ex: Cardinal Collection; The Dr. Hesselgesser Collection.
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