Lot 1509
1795 Flowing Hair Dollar B-5, BB-27 Rarity 1. NGC graded EF-40. Even gray toning on both sides with attractive antique finish and no spotting or deep tarnish. A pleasant looking coin all around. This head of Liberty is impressed into the die (and therefore onto the coin) in higher relief than on some other 1795 varieties. The hair detail is often not as strong for the given grade, but notice how all legends, stars and devices are well up, suggesting that this piece was given the proper blow from the coining dies. A small raised line behind the head at the top curl is characteristic of BB-27. It is from the engraver's tool, possibly a slip of the hand while he was sharpening the ends of the curls. One can only guess. Such things occur frequently in early U.S. coins as the dies were all hand made in the early years, with stars and letters, leaves nad berries, along with date digits punched into the die separately. Each variety has its own distinct "personality" as it were, from the attention (or inattention) given to it by the die maker.
Estimated Value $9,000 - 9,500.
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