Lot 896
1795 Two Leaves B-1, BB-21 Rarity 2. PCGS graded VF-25. Nice even gray toning. Attractive strike and surfaces. BB-21 is a familiar one to Bust Dollar collectors. On the obverse, Liberty’s flowing hair ends in five prominent curls, with a thin faint additional curl below the third curl from the top. The innermost point of star 1 just touches the lowest curl and the curl continues upward to half close the loop. Head high and closer to LIBERTY than on most other 1795 obverses. The date is wide, with more space between 1 and 7 than the other figures. The 7 in the date was repunched over an erroneous 1, prompting some to catalogue this as 1795 over 1195. The erroneous 1 is especially visible on early die states. This die bears a close resemblance to the die used to coin BB-15; especially with regard to the high position of the head and the relationship of the hair curl to the first star.
This obverse (also used to coin BB-22 and BB-23) had the head of Liberty deeply impressed into the die, causing it to be in slightly higher relief than most other varieties of the year; because of this, the hair details wore away quickly as the coins circulated. The obverse is paired with Reverse G, used earlier on BB-20 (PCGS # 6853) .
Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000.
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