1800 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-187, B-16. Rarity-2. AU-58 (PCGS).This impressively sharp Draped Bust dollar displays intense and flashy luster across both sides. The surfaces are smooth and without notable abrasions, showing just a touch of handling across the high points and in the fields. Traces of planchet adjustment remain on the reverse, visible in the horizontal shield stripes and atop the rightmost clouds. Struck from later dies than usually seen, with the crack in the dentils below the date distinct. Overall brilliant and untoned, there is only the faintest bronze iridescence at the lower obverse border.<p>BB-187 vies with BB-193 as the most readily available die marriage of the 1800 Draped Bust silver dollar. However, the BB-187 is quite challenging to locate in high grades. Only a few Mint State survivors are known, in fact, so few that three AU-58s are included on the list of "Notable Specimens" for the variety in the 2013 reference <em>The Encyclopedia of United States Silver Dollars: 1794-1804</em> by Q. David Bowers. An important condition rarity worthy of a strong bid.<p>PCGS# 6887. NGC ID: 24X9.PCGS Population: 30; 22 finer.
