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2885- 1799 Bust $1

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 3,300.00 USD
2885- 1799 Bust $1
<Our item number 119357><B>1799 Draped Bust Dollar. EF-45.</B> Toned on both sides. Light hairlines, but nevertheless displaying a wealth of detail for this early bust silver coin. A beautiful specimen that shows exceptionally sharp detail on both sides. 1799 coincides with the year America&#39;s first president, George Washington died. It is a fitting reminder of the coinage system adopted under his administration with the assistant of Washington&#39;s vice president Thomas Jefferson, who designed American monetary system on a decimal basis. The &#34;dollar&#34; or Unit as it was known, became the standard. In its turn, the dollar was based on an average weight Spanish 8 real silver coin, then widely circulating in the Americas. The edge lettering on this 1799 dollar reads HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT with ornamentation between the words. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;3,000-3,300. <BR><BR>Our item number 119357<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/42jpegs/119357.jpg" > <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/42jpegs/119357N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>