1799 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-164, B-17a. Rarity-2. AU-55+ (PCGS). CAC.

Handsome Choice AU 1799 Draped Bust Dollar BB-164 Dies 1799 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-164, B-17a. Rarity-2. AU-55+ (PCGS). CAC. BB Die State III. A visually pleasing example of the type, date and BB number, this is a strong 1799 Draped Bust dollar at the certified Choice AU level. The obverse is awash in blended mauve and olive-gray patina supported by underlying antique gold and lilac-blue iridescence. The reverse is generally pearl gray with blushes of olive and russet around the periphery. Nearly complete mint luster shines forth nicely as the coin rotates under a light, which feature is easy to appreciate given the absence of sizeable or otherwise visually distracting marks. Sharply struck by early silver dollar standards, and just right for inclusion in the collection of a quality-conscious numismatist. With 423,515 pieces produced, calendar year 1799 has the highest mintage in the Flowing Hair and Draped Bust silver dollar series of 1794 to 1804. It is also the penultimate year in which early United States silver dollars were produced in quantity. After a mintage of 220,920 pieces during calendar year 1800, declining bullion deposits and the Mint's emphasis on getting fractional coinage into circulation combined to keep yearly mintages (well) below the 100,000-coin mark in 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. While it is likely that many of the 423,515 dollars struck in 1799 were from 1798-dated dies, coinage from 1799-dated dies was sufficiently large to support an estimated mintage of 395,000 pieces for the latter issue. Some 1799-dated dollars may have been struck during calendar year 1800. The approximately 395,000 coins struck for the 1799 was achieved using 11 obverse and 16 reverse dies in 22 pairings. The BB-164 pair can be easily distinguished from similar varieties by the berry size on the reverse olive branch; they are by far the largest berries on any 1799 dollar. While the obverse die was employed in six different combinations, this particular reverse die was only used for BB-164, making this a useful marker for numismatists collecting by die pair. The BB-164 is generally one of the more available of the 1799 silver dollars with perhaps 1,000 or so specimens thought to exist. As with many of the other early dollars, most examples are found in VF and seldom any finer. At the Choice AU level the issue is exceptionally rare, and no more than four to six at any Mint State rating. A truly enticing and beautiful example of this interesting and conditionally scarce die pair. PCGS# 40055. BASE PCGS# 6878. NGC ID: 24X7. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.

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