Lot 626
1799 B-19, BB-155. Rarity 5. PCGS graded VF-35. An choice-looking Draped Bust silver dollar, a coin with pleasing color and a fair amount of details from the dies that on this variety tended to strike uneven examples. Minor weakness occurs at portions of the left wing and associated ribbon where E PLURIBUS is unreadable. Attractive toning suggests that the present specimen spent much of its life in an old style coin collector's cabinet or protective paper envelope which imparted even toning to both sides.
From same die as BB-154, but with die crack from border under bust, through bottom of last 9, center of 179, and first three stars on left to border. Another crack from second star to hair. The obverse is invariably quite weak, possibly as a result of these and other (reverse) breaks. Obverse die used to strike 1799 BB-154 (early use) and BB-155 (later use). 1799 BB-155 is one of the key rarities of the year. Estimates put the surviving numbers at only 70 to 110 today (PCGS # 6878) .
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
Ex; Hesselgesser Collection.
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