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Lot 1606
1800. "AMERICAI". B-19, BB-192. Rarity 2. NGC graded AU-58. Mostly untoned. A more than moderately attractive and lively high-end About Uncirculated with leftover luster around the devices, plus a confident, no-compromises strike. The small lovelock hair curl at Liberty’s neck shows its tiny end curl (unusual, since this central portion often lacks detail on Bust Dollars). Everything you would want from the AU58 grade, and probably then some. Pop 1; 2 finer for the variety. 1 in 64, 1 in 65.
Die notes: Point of star I is closer to hair than point of star 7 is to L. Right stars are close to Y and bust. The last O in date is just as close to bust as is star 13. The 1 almost touches curl. Vertical die flaw below right side of first star near border. On the left, stars 1-2 and 5-6 are closer together than are other stars. On the right, stars 11-12 are farther apart than are other stars. This obverse die was used to strike BB-192 only.
REVERSE G: The famous AMERICAI variety (one of two AMERICAI varieties, the other, which shares this reverse, is BB-191) and listed separately in the Guide Book of United States coins as a distinct variety. After the word AMERICA, an almost vertical line, a stray mark (apparently, not a die crack), perhaps from a punch or from a stray piece of metal during the die making process, appears more or less like a letter "I" added. "There are no serifs to the stray mark," explains the Bowers encyclopedia, "and it takes some imagination to call it an I, but the nomenclature has been with us for a long time, and "AMERICAI" it is. Nowhere else in the silver dollar series has a stray die mark done so much for a coin's value and desirability in the eyes of collectors.
"Other characteristics: Star enters eagle's mouth; point of lower part of beak touches star lightly below point. Upper part of beak does not quite touch. Point of leaf slightly right of being under left upright of I in AMERICA. Middle berry is small and joined to a leaf point by what seems to be a die scratch. A touches 3rd feather only, and ME almost join at bottom. Center of A over cloud 3. Tip of arrowhead under left side of left serif of N in UNITED. Usually (always?) weakly struck at the reverse center and on the stars above the eagle's head. Reverse die used to strike BB-191 (earlier use) and BB-192 (later use).". Estimated Value $15,000 - 17,000
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