Lot 2885
1799 Draped Bust Dollar. 8 stars left, 5 right. . B-23, BB-159, Rarity 4. PCGS graded AU-55 CAC Verified. Lovely blue and golden toning on both sides. Very attractive coin. Only 5 stars to right of bust. Desirable Red Book variety. The obverse stars are arranged eight to the left and five to the right; the only 1799 with this peculiar layout. This obverse die used to strike 1799 BB-159 only. It is paired with Reverse I: U in UNITED is defective at upper left, due to broken U punch. On BB-159 the upper berries are very small. Far right edge of A is over the junction of clouds 3 and 4. This reverse was kept busy: first used to strike 1799 BB-158, during which time it had its first relapping (berries weak), next coining BB-159, then BB-158 again, then, second relapping (removing berries), BB-160 and, finally, BB-161. Let's pray it went to Die Heaven for such honest yeoman work! Pop 1; 1 in AU58. (PCGS # 40063) .
Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000.
The Dr. Hesselgesser Duplicate Bust Dollar Collection.
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