1795 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-51, B-14. Rarity-1. Off-Center

Condition Census 1795 Draped Bust Dollar BB-51 Off-Center Bust Variety 1795 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. BB-51, B-14. Rarity-1. Off-Center Bust. MS-64+ (PCGS). A truly memorable example that ranks high in the Condition Census for the Off-Center Bust variety of the popular first year 1795 Draped Bust dollar. Both sides display warm pearl gray patina with splashes of iridescent rose-russet, pinkish-apricot and, to a lesser extent, cobalt blue toning. The surfaces are also awash in full frosty mint luster. The obverse exhibits a concentration of adjustment marks from the border at the letters LIB in LIBERTY into Liberty's hair. Fainter adjustment marks are found along the obverse border from 12 to 3 o'clock, although the reverse is free of these. Adjustment marks are as made and were commonly used by early U.S. Mint employees to bring overweight silver and gold planchets down to the statutory level. The presence of these features has resulted in somewhat soft striking detail at stars 11 to 12 and the letters LIB in LIBERTY, but otherwise we note impressively sharp definition throughout much of the design. Liberty's portrait and the eagle are particularly well executed with even most of the intricate design elements crisp. A beautiful and exceptionally well preserved example that will delight both high grade type collectors and advanced early dollar enthusiasts. Two different die combinations were used for the 1795 Draped Bust dollar. The die pair believed to have been struck first is the so-called Off-Center Bust variety, BB-51, which features Liberty appearing too far to the left from the center, a position used only on this die pair. This positioning was corrected to a more aesthetically pleasing centered location on the second variety, the BB-52 pair. The precise number struck and timing of each variety is unclear. Mint records from the time are not as thorough as scholars would like and much of what can be determined is conjecture. The commonly cited mintage figure of 42,738 is believed to be only a portion of the overall total for the 1795 Draped Bust dollar. Writing in his excellent 2022 reference Eagle Poised on a Bank of Clouds Harry E. Salyards estimates that 83,178 coins were produced of both BB-51 and BB-52, and that while the first deliveries almost certainly took place in late September or early October, the later deliveries likely extended into 1796. BB-51 is the more plentiful of the two die marriages of this issue, and Salyards suggests that 725 to 1,200 coins are extant in all grades. With the typical survivor grading VF, however, even EF and AU coins are scarce in an absolute sense, and rare relative to the demand for them in today's numismatic hobby. Mint State examples are rare by any measure. This is among our most significant offerings for both the issue and variety of all time, and it is sure to see spirited competition when bidding opens. Provenance: Property from an Alabama Family. Earlier from our (Bowers and Ruddy's) Newport Collection sale, January 1975, lot 375; our (Bowers and Merena's) Four Landmark Collections sale, March 1989, lot 1943; our (Bowers and Merena's) Collections of R.H. Gore, Jr. & Dennis Irving Long sale, January 1990, lot 345; Ira & Larry Goldberg's sale of February 2002, lot 3204; Heritage's sale of the Jack Lee Collection, III, November 2005 Dallas, TX Signature Auction, lot 2187; our sale of the Larry H. Miller Collection, December 2020 Auction, lot 1091. PCGS Population: 2; 3 finer (MS-66 finest). PCGS# 96858. NGC ID: 24X2. 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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