Lot 1076
1799/8 Draped Bust $1 B-2, BB-143 13 Stars. Rarity 4. PCGS graded AU-55. A very attractive high-grade About Uncirculated with swirling light to medium gray colors that burst out atop the bright and hard-working surface beneath. Some weak spots in strike are usually seen on these, but the present example is at the very least bolder than 95% of surviving numbers. Note especially the smooth, clean fields and devices of the reverse. Pop 2; none finer at PCGS for the variety. (PCGS # 40066) .
1799/8 BB-143 is the scarcest of the three overdate die varieties of the year. I believe that 250 to 450 of this variety exist. This estimate, if accurate, makes BB-143 at least twice as elusive as BB-142 and about three times harder to find than BB-141. Equally important, unlike BB-142, the 1799/8 BB-143 variety is usually seen in lower grades, which is most important to the successful bidder of this attractive About Uncirculated 55 specimen.
Estimated Value $14,000 - 15,000.
Ex; Thaler/Hesselgesser Collection.
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