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Lot:5032 1799/8 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. Bowers Borckardt-141, Bolender-3. Rarity-3. 15 Stars Reverse. Mint

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SBP-苏富比2017年3月波格集藏V

2017-04-01 07:30:00

2017-04-01 12:30:00

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There are two extra stars almost buried in the clouds, with just the points showing. - M.H. Bolender, The United States Early Silver Dollars From 1794 to 1803,1950Artful toning in shades of dusky blue, gray, and violet is framed with pastel gold and deep gray. Substantial luster persists, most visible cartwheeling around the reverse periphery. Some areas of apparent softness of strike are seen, including on Libertys shoulder and cheek, the latter region showing some microscopic granularity under a glass. Scattered hairlines and light marks are visible under scrutiny, including a pair of short parallel scratches inside star 13 and digs near stars 11 and 12 within the reverse cluster.This fascinating variety is struck from the only reverse to depict 15 stars in the reverse cluster, two of which are nearly totally obscured by clouds at either side of the topmost arc. These clouds are considerably larger than the others, suggesting the engraver used them to cover his errant cosmology. This reverse was first married to a non-overdated 1799 obverse to create BB-153, and then married to this overdate obverse to create the present marriage. In this state, the reverse shows significant clashing at OF AM, along with a peripheral arc crack above TES of STATES. The left top of I is connected to the denticles above with a thin vertical crack. Spalling is noted after D of UNITED, inside the right side of the shield, and right of the eagles torso. The obverse shows a stream of spalling breaks between star 7 and L of LIBERTY, downward to the crown of Libertys head. Other die flaws are noted above the right top of R of LIBERTY and below RT. Both 9s of the date are recut atop the previously placed 98.This variety has been popular and notable for as long as early dollars have been collected by variety. J. Colvin Randall was a pioneer in the identification of die varieties of early silver and gold coins. He was an early analogue of what would today be termed a "vest pocket" dealer, buying and selling individual coins and whole collections, both privately and at auction. His mainline collection was sold in 1885, while his retirement collection was acquired by J.P. Morgan after Randalls death in 1901. Randalls primary published contribution to numismatics was misappropriated by his sometimes partner John Haseltine, who printed Randalls die variety project as the Haseltine Type-Table, a name that has endured since 1881. The Type-Table appears to be the first place this variety was identified in print, described as "obv. same as No. 1; rev. 15 stars, 2 of them entirely concealed by the clouds on extreme right and left, the points just barely emerging." Bolenders numbering system largely followed the Randall/Haseltine work, rendering Haseltine-3 as Bolender-3 for most collectors after 1950.It is clear that Mint engravers attempted to place a star for each state of the Union on coinage dies up to 1797, an effort that gave us 16-star half eagles, dollars, half dollars, dimes, and half dimes that year. One 1798 obverse was made with 15 stars, an odd retreat, theorized to have been made (except for its date) at a time in 1795 or 1796 when there were 15 states. As dollars did not feature the Heraldic Eagle reverse type until 1798, that explanation seems unlikely in this case; simple human error seems more likely.While a number of Mint State examples of this variety have survived, no gem is known. This specimen ranks among the top half dozen entries on the PCGS Population Report.

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