Lot 1253
1802 B-6 BB-241 Rarity 1. NGC graded AU-50. Variegated shades of golden toning on this later-issue Draped Bust Dollar. The surface is clear and free of most marks, which by all measures is a major "plus" when a collector is weighing the decision whether to place a bid or not. Choice rims, attractive originality, and solid numismatic and historic foundations as our earliest period Dollars or Unit of Measure.
Only 41,650 silver dollars were reported as having been coined in calendar year 1802. However, the proportionately large number of extant specimens indicates that many more than that must have been coined bearing the 1802 date, in 1803 and/or 1804.
Close perfect date. Wide space between 8 and 0. The figure 2 is distant from bust. Right foot of T in LIBERTY missing. This die must have been made about the same time as the reverse for 1801 BB-213, which also displays broken T letters from the same punch.
Obverse die used to strike 1802 BB-241 only. This obverse is teamed with a hearty reverse used to strike 1801 BB-212; 1802/1 BB-231; BB-232; 1802 BB-241; 1803 BB-253 ("if it exists" says Bowers); BB-254; and BB-255 (where it showed extreme deterioration).
Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000.
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