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1801 $1 MS63 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:87,500.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1801 $1 MS63 PCGS
<B>1801 $1 MS63 PCGS.</B></I> B-2, BB-212, R.3. Die State III. A single "collar" type clash marks appears adjacent to the upper bust line, and a fine die crack joins the second feather of the left facing wing to the border at about 10 o'clock. This is the latest die state, and the state most frequently encountered for the B-2 dollar.<BR> Any early silver dollar in Mint State is a rarity, despite quite a number of pieces in the present sale. Among Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle dollars, 1801 is the hardest date to locate in MS60 or finer grades. The population data shows that 1799 is the most available date in Mint State, followed by 1802, 1798, 1800, 1803, and 1801.<BR> In addition to the rarity of the date in Mint State grades, the B-2 dollar is also a conditionally rare variety. A single example is recorded in Bowers' Notable Specimens section as MS63, a coin that last appeared in auction more than 100 years ago in the Mills Collection sale handled by the Chapman brothers, and remains unlocated today. The next finest in the Bowers list is an AU58 grade piece from the 1945 Boyd Collection, and another AU58 from the 1989 Brooks Collection sale. This piece might be the Mills Specimen, or it could be a previously unknown example. In either event, we feel that it is undoubtedly the finest known example of the variety, and possibly the only Mint State B-2 silver dollar. Population: 1 in 63, 2 finer (3/08), for all four 1801 varieties.<BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> Robert Scot<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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