Lot 1062
1798 Draped Bust $1 B-22, BB-104 Wide Date. Rarity 4. PCGS graded AU-53. A worthwhile Bust Dollar by any standard, the luster at the devices is not in the least timid or yielding, while pale gray and other toning highlights blossom on both sides. The strike, like the luster, is confident, indeed, as bold as ever seen on virtually any example of the variety. The dentils on the reverse somewhat wider along the left side than the right.
1798 BB-104 is in the middle range of availability among dollar varieties of this date. Several hundred are believed to exist, an estimated 225 to 400. Most are in lower grade ranges, however, but AU coins exist in strictly limited numbers, per the population figures, meaning that another opportunity like this will occur only every few years on the auction market, and perhaps even less often privately. Above EF, specimens are very rare. The variety may have no more than one known in Mint State. Pop 1; 1 finer in 61. Only 2 examples graded for the variety at PCGS. (PCGS # 40021) .
Estimated Value $9,000 - 11,000.
Ex; Hesselgesser Collection.
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