1799 Draped Bust Dollar - 8x5 Stars
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- Price realized
- $143,750
- Sold
- Grade
- MS64
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- American Numismatic Rarities
Description
The 1799 Draped Bust Dollar - 8x5 Stars is a dollar minted at the Philadelphia Mint, within the Draped Bust Dollars 1795-1804 series. The U.S. Mint reported 423,515 dollars for 1799 in all; how many have the 8x5 star arrangement is not recorded. The obverse features Liberty facing right with draped bust and ribbon-bound hair, a portrait traditionally credited to Gilbert Stuart, and the reverse displays a heraldic eagle, shield on breast, gripping an olive branch and a bundle of arrows, with the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM on a scroll in its beak. Irregular and regular date varieties. Multiple die states documented for the heraldic eagle type. Struck in 89.2% silver, 10.8% copper, weighing 26.96 grams, 40 mm in diameter, with a lettered: hundred cents one dollar or unit edge. Cataloged as PCGS #6881.
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