Lot 2349
1799 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 over 8, reverse with 15 stars. EF-40. A nearly perfect coin for the grade, with steel gray toning around the rims, and lighter silver at the centers, the reverse sports lots of blue shades tucked in with the devices. The overdate is clear on the obverse, and the reverse has the unusual 15 stars over the eagle, but note that two of the stars were covered over by elongating the clouds at the left and right! Apparently the engraver put too many stars on the reverse, noticed the error, and then covered it over by engraving the clouds much larger. No adjustment marks or problems whatsoever, and a delight to behold.
Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,800.
Purchased from Stack's Sale, March 22, 1994, lot 1148 and used as one of the cover coins in that sale.
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| Realized $2,990 |
