Lot 2886
1799 Draped Bust Dollar. . B-12, BB-160. PCGS graded EF-40. Nicely balanced light gray toning with very choice surfaces throughout. This interesting die variety has extensive die breaks occurring throughout the obverse. On the reverse, no berries in the branch and U in UNITED is defective at upper left serif, which is cut off due to defective punch. Struck from State III of the die, where the obverse cracks intensify. A crack from the foot of 1 in the date extends right, below 7, to border. A crack extends from the border up into the first 9, while a crosswise crack at the bottom of the first 9 goes left through the upright of 7, and right to the second 9. Curved crack from border to right now touches drapery. Crack from border between drapery and star 13 goes upward and curves to the right into field. Crack from star 12 extends to border at star 13 (PCGS # 6878) .
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300.
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