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1799 dollar, always dreamed of building a red book set of these, POSTED grade
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Always liked these large bust dollars, see them at every show, but most have issues, so it will never happen. This is the way I like them.
Coin has just enough luster as you spin it and enough toning to show it hasn't been cleaned lately.
forgot to put the slab image up, I like it as a 45
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The obverse is especially attractive. I can see the green bean peeking in the pic so I'll assume this piece is in an NGC AU+ holder?
I like your quote:..."hasn't been cleaned lately."
Yes bust dollars are cool.
Very nice example.
A nice, attractive Early Dollar...Congratulations.
I like that very much. What's the grade?
Forgot to put the slab image up last night- I feel it is an EF45,
Yes, that is a good, honest way of putting it.
I really like that coin ... great purchase.
I'll warn you though ... The 1799 Bust Dollar is the most common date. If you look at the mintages, silver dollars were the only silver coins that first mint made that year. The rest of the dates are scarcer and harder to find nice. A Red Book variety set is a major challenge.
I only collected the dates and the major types. For example I have the large and small eagle 1798 coins. I'd like to add an 1802 over 1, but that coin is harder to find than the Red Book listings would lead you to believe.
Very nice coin.... That would be a tough set to do, but so very nice. Cheers, RickO
That's excellent!
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By the pictures it appears to be under graded. I'd say it's at least an EF-45 if not an AU-50. Of course it is in an old holder which might have something to do with the grading.
Wow I was way off. I was thinking AU53 and it's a 40. Tired eyes??
Looks like a lot of wear on reverse and not so much on obverse.
Yep, thought it was a tad better...must be getting used to today's standards... or, maybe it really is better
Cheers, RickO
As a stand-alone exemplar, that's good enough! If you can't have a Red Book of ones that look like this, this is the one. I'm sure it came at a premium, and the premium is worth it just to own this beauty for as long as you keep it. Photos are good enough for me to imagine the luster bouncing up off the surface, peeking through in flashes from small areas, taking you back to 1799. I dunno. I might be wrong about the reverie-inducing luster, but that's one helluva piece. Congrats!
Any way to get a photo of the coin tilted to show some of that luster?
Very nice!
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Very cool piece. Wholesome is the word that comes to mind.
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Very nice my friend
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She strikes me as a PQ 45, unless there is more luster than I suspect she has. Yummy specimen!!
This was graded many years ago. I think the only thing holding it back from AU is the wear on the head, neck and breasts on the reverse. I can't tell what sort of luster the coin has from the image.
The lines in the rt. obverse field suggest an earlier light cleaning; perhaps the coin was net graded. Many Bust Dollars are net graded. I like the coin. As Bill Jones indicated, this is THE type coin of the series.
Given that nice ones are so hard to find, I did a "one and done" re Heraldic Eagle Bust Dollars. It took me eight years to find one I liked at a price I thought was reasonable.
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I would have taken it.
Good buy
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An old NGC fattie from back in the good ol' days of strict TPG grading. Even back then, the coin should have been 45 for the luster, weak central reverse details may have held it back. A date collection less 94 can be done with patience, these are fun to collect and great arms-length coins. Nice early dollar!
That is a gorgeous coin, congrats!
awesome coin
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great looking coin with terrific crust.
Very attractive
I put together most of a Red Book set back in the 80's when very few people were collecting them. One of the sets I sold to fund my first start-up, broke my heart. I think I had less in my set than 2 nice ones would cost today.
I did the same when I was raising seed money for my coin business with half cent die varieties. I don't miss them, and selling them as a collector would netted a lot less money for me.
Nice coin; and that shows how reluctant that cac is to gold sticker coins like that except for obvious mistakes.
1799, important year in US history, Washington died. The panache associated with the 1700s is one reason these are more popular than I remember them in the 1990s. etc..
Good to see this again.... I wonder if the OP ever resubmitted the coin? I would think it warrants a 45... Cheers, RickO
That's a beautiful looking coin! Love the toning.
I agree, it looks nice and has a fair amount of luster showing. It should have easily gold beaned in my opinion!
Beautiful coin, very well bought as a 40, looks 48 to 52 from here, easy 45 if cracked and properly staged in the submission
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