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1799 Bust $1 PCGS MS65

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1799 Bust $1 PCGS MS65
<b>1799 Draped Bust Dollar. BB-164, B-17. Rarity 2. PCGS graded MS65.</b> A simply exquisite coin! Full cartwheel luster on both sides, the obverse a bit reflective while the reverse is more satiny. Pale silver gray toning on the obverse yields to attractive multicolored iridescence and a beautiful blue streak in the right obverse field, while the reverse shows mingled rose, orange, and gold tones. Exceptionally well struck, definitive in this regard, with each breast feather fully realized. Nearly immaculate, pristine fields, just two nicks at the base of Liberty&#39;s neck keep this from a higher grade. Bowers state IV with each minute crack described in the Encyclopedia. This is a beautiful coin, remarkable to examine and enjoyable to behold. It ranks not only among the finest of the variety &#40;of which Bowers states &#34;Mint State coins are great rarities&#34;&#41;, but also among the very finest 1799 dollars in existence and one of the most beautiful and best preserved gems of the entire type. This is a coin that would add substantially to any cabinet. PCGS #21516600.

PCGS Population: 2; 2 finer &#40;MS-66&#41;. Only eight Heraldic Eagle dollars have been graded MS-65 by PCGS, just two higher &#40;both MS-66&#41;.

Variety Notes: BB-164 represents one of several varieties for 1799 featuring a date of normal appearance. This obverse, having been used in coining five other die varieties previously and experiencing multiple re-lappings, now displays a very distinctive appearance, with smaller than normal obverse stars, the lowest ones being particularly minute. This reverse &#40;and that used for the similar BB-162 variety&#41; displays the motto &#34;E PLURIBUS UNUM&#34; punched into the ribbon using new lettering punches bearing a somewhat larger font, being particularly noticeable on the heavy cross-bar of the N in UNUM. Such would be the style of the reverse motto on all but one die variety for the year 1800, and for all varieties of early dollars dated after 1800. An intriguing transitional variety, BB-164 &#40;among other varieties&#41; falls under the Redbook category for the 1799 Normal Date.

From Heritage&#39;s Dallas sale, December 1987, Lot 712.

GORGEOUS TONED GEM 1799 BB-164 BUST DOLLAR <b>&#40;PCGS # 6878&#41;</b>

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