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1800 S$1 XF40 PCGS. B-1, BB-181, R.5. Die State I. Str

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1800 S$1 XF40 PCGS. B-1, BB-181, R.5. Die State I. Str
<B>1800 S$1 XF40 PCGS.</B></I> B-1, BB-181, R.5. Die State I. Struck 3% off-center at 1 o'clock. Die flaw at star 1; first T in STATES doubled. The B-1 variety is instantly recognized by the horizontal bulge between star 1 and the hair curls, present on every example seen to date. Additional intermittent die flaws are present at star 11, apparently also present on every known example. The Bowers <I>Silver Dollar Encyclopedia</B></I> notes that all examples are struck from otherwise perfect dies and, earlier, Bolender made no mention of any die defects. This example has faint clash marks on both sides. The obverse has clash marks from dentils below the date, and the reverse has the entire date visible behind TES. In his update of Bolender, Jules Reiver discussed these clash marks.<BR> Several examples of this rare variety are known with less than perfect centering, but few or no others have been seen with the degree of off-centeredness found on this piece, enough for PCGS to classify it as a mint error. The variety is a solid R.5 with only about 60 pieces known today, and nearly all in lower grades. Bowers wrote: "Most examples are in lower grades with VG and Fine being quite acceptable for the variety. VF coins are very rare, and any piece over VF, such as the Spies EF, would be a sure-fire Condition Census item. All seen are lightly struck at the centers." A lovely example with violet-gray color on each side, accented by lighter gold toning. Hints of luster are still visible in the protected areas on each side. A few faint hairlines are hidden beneath the toning.<BR><I>Ex: Craig Eberhart (1/2005).</B></I><BR><I>From The William Luebke Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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