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Lot:5038 1801 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. Bowers Borckardt-214, Bolender-4. Rarity-4. Mint State-65 (PCGS).

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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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As beautiful a specimen of the early silver dollar of any date that has ever come to my attention. - B. Max Mehl, 1950A standout highlight among all dollars of this design, the Amon Carter 1801 is incredibly distinctive, displaying many of the aspects of coins that have been called Specimens at various times in recent history. Both obverse and reverse are deeply reflective, prooflike in a way that is exceptionally uncommon on coins of this type. The devices show extraordinary sharpness in several areas, including Libertys portrait, the eagles chest, the peripheral lettering, and the reverse stars and clouds, even as some other areas are soft, including stars 7 through 12 and the lowest leaf cluster on the olive branch. Several of the letters and stars show squared, shelf-like contrast with the surrounding fields. The toning is beautiful, with variegated peripheral highlights of gold, blue, violet, rose, sea green, and orange, richest in an arc around the lower right reverse. The centers approach silvery brilliance, overlaid with light patina. Subtle hairlines are seen across the central obverse and nearby fields, and a thin straight hairline scratch at Libertys jawline is paralleled by a shorter one near her ear curl. A couple tiny planchet streaks are seen, including one beneath E of E PLURIBUS UNUM. A dark spot hidden at dead center obverse is probably also a natural flaw. A few tiny contact points are seen above star 1 and on Libertys cheekbone without significantly impacting the spectacular visual appeal.The die state is advanced, and the impressive reflectivity may be a relic of die polish that preceded this coins striking. A semi-circle of frost surrounds the back of Libertys head, probably a remnant of efforts to rid the die of rust (in this case, actual oxidation and not spalling) that is still visible beneath the hair ribbon. Criss-crossing lines remain from the polishing efforts, most visible above the juncture of the hair bow and hair, though portions may also be seen below and left of the ribbons. More subtle frost and polish lines persist in front of Libertys profile, from Libertys nose to her chest. Reverse polishing hollows a portion of the tail feathers at upper left; additional polishing on subsequent die marriages (like 1802 BB-234) will hollow this area further. The spur seen at the lower right of D of UNITED and the spur from the rim in the space between STATES and OF are both likely relics of this polishing process. Delicate criss-cross polish lines are seen above and below PLURIBUS, light enough to be quickly worn away on a specimen below this level of quality. A spalling eruption is seen on the side of Libertys neck, and a thin vertical die flaw hides between the arrows and the eagles leg. Though this flaw grows in later states, it is better described as spalling than as a die crack. The Amon Carter collections assemblage of early dollars is the stuff of numismatic legend. Most of the coins were acquired in the 1940s, particularly from Carters Fort Worth friend and neighbor B. Max Mehl. The introduction to the Carter dollars in the January 1984 Stacks catalog notes, "the vast majority of the coins" came from Mehls 1947 W.W. Neil sale and his 1950 Golden Jubilee auction. This piece unquestionably came from the latter, where lot 797 was a specimen of this die variety described as "Brilliant Proof" with "a peculiar halo or shadow around the bust." Mehl went on to note the coin was "as beautiful a specimen of the early silver dollar of any date that has ever come to my attention" and traced its provenance to the Colonel Green Collection for the substantial sum of $100. While unplated, there is simply no other specimen of this variety that closely resembles this coin or Mehls description. For that matter, no other 1801 dollar of any variety compares to this one. The sole other MS-65 (PCGS) coin is a BB-212, frosty rather than prooflike, beautiful but considerably different in its appeal. That coin, perhaps unsurprisingly, also traces its provenance to the Col. E.H.R. Green Collection.

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