A beautiful 1799 Bust $ for your veiwing pleasure.

TennesseeDave

I love the look of this 1799 Bust $. It makes me wonder how a coin like this circulated to this degree of wear and still looks so wonderful. There's really no major distractions that are visible. I wonder if it was someones pocket piece 200 years ago. It's not mine and I hope the owner does not mind me showing it. What would you grade it?

morgansforever

I like it too, and is saved in my watch list. Whole lotta meat for a F15.

123cents

Very nice. I think about F-15.

AUandAG

That will bring a premium....Circulated Cameos are very nice on the eye and show that a coin
is completely original and un messed with.

bob

BustCuds

A very nice example

amwldcoin

Why doesn't Julian get that coin upgraded? It's a VF somin....don't think it will bring near what he is asking in a 15 holder!

Edit to add I think a 25.

metalmeister

Well George Washington died in 1799 so, Possible he handled it
I would give it a 25 for its beauty.

metalmeister

One is not enough. I may now have my glass of wine.

Rayman311

Nice Dollar! I'd say VF20.

keyman64

Darn nice coin!

magikbilly

That is looking totally problem free; it looks like a textbook image. Really clean. Nice circ cam - great coin.

Eric

AnkurJ

Looks right as F15 and appears to have very nice surfaces. What I love about it as well is the full strike on the reverse. Many times the eagle is very weakly struck with mushy details.

Here is mine by the way, which is also a F15 but has a little less detail on the reverse.

Rollerman

I like it a lot. I'd say VF25 on that one, possible 30?
Pete

CoinCast

The lack of hits makes that coin absolutely great.

SaorAlba

Back when I was in the market for one of these I wanted one that was all dark original toning - it took a couple of years then I got an email from a dealer known to find things for particular people like myself:

ricko

Very nice coin.... would be a keeper in my collection... Cheers, RickO

etexmike

I like her.


Mike

DDR

Beautiful coin, thanks for posting Dave.

BillJones

I would grade it as a very pleasant F-VF-15.

Here is a 1799 dollar I saw for the first time about 35 years ago. I really liked the piece, but the collector who owned won't part with it until he decided he wanted to trip to Bermuda with his wife, and sold it to me to raise part of the funds. This is an old time EF-45 which now makes AU.

lkeigwin

Here's a VF30 I bought a few years back. Don't know why...I just wanted some pre-1800 silver.
Lance.

BillJones

An interesting fact about 1799 dollars was that they were the only silver coin denomination the mint issued that year. Those who deposited silver to be converted into coins, usually preferred dollars, and for that year at least the mint responded to their directives. It is for this reason that the mintage hit an all time high that year, and the 1799 dollar, as a date is the common piece in the Bust dollar set.

thisnamztaken

F15+ (PQ 15)

123cents

Buy it before it gets away.

lordmarcovan

Fantastic lookin' CircCam, there.

I agree that it should be VF-something.

Baley

Nice 1799 dollars!

Here's one I got several years ago, after a fairly long search for one with characteristics similar to the others shown, I wanted one mid-grade with original surfaces, in a PCGS holder, it's shown here in natural light



Same coin under desk lamp light: