New 1795 Draped Bust Dollar to Share
msch1man
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Just picked up this 1795 Draped Bust Dollar...its the 'Centered Bust' variety (BB-52). Not super high grade but I think it's got a real nice look and has relatively few marks for a lower graded coin. It's in a PCGS VG-10 holder and I think the grade is spot on...though, if there was a VG-11 grade, I might give it that 
. The first set of pictures are from an older auction while the 2nd set are the seller's photos (and more accurately show the true color of the coin). Comments (both good and bad) welcomed on this coin or on Bust Dollars in general. 
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Your purchase is a bust, but it's not a bust, know what I'm saying?
Nice coin!
Really great color/surfaces for a coin of that grade. Congratulations!
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I like it. I would love to have one of that type.
Great look, congrats!
Very nice... I would be proud to own that coin....Cheers, RickO
way cool, thats a nice one
neat coin. try and imagine someone using that to buy a loaf of bread or something 223 years ago. such a piece of history!
I ..think... I saw that offered. Recently, wasn't it? Sorely tempted but was working on the other bust dollar in the other thread whilst returning a ...different... bust dollar that was higher grade but disappointing in hand.
I would NOT be disappointed if I had that one you post.
Too many irons in fire when I ....think... I saw it.
VERY cool..
Don't see many pleasing ones in the lower grades.
Or a bit of acreage to plant some wheat FOR bread.
Absolutely beautiful example of the series! Belongs in a grading set.
100% collector coin (not investor nor speculator coin).
Agreed. I've always liked nice circulated early American coins like this - in part because you can't help thinking about how it got used and who touched it.
This got me thinking - and I found some bisquit and bread prices dating back to the 18th and early 19th century ( https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050806330;view=1up;seq=122 ). Looks like you could buy a loaf of bread for 12.5 cents. So, with that 1795 dollar you could have bought a loaf of bread, and then perhaps get 87 chain cents and perhaps one 1796 no-pole half cent for change!
Or, maybe your 87 1/2 cents of change could be a 1796 half dollar, a 1796 quarter, two 1802 half dimes, two 1793 liberty cap cents, and one 1796 no-pole half cent. All MS-55 to MS-67, of course.
That is a really nice early dollar. Congratulations!
As pleasing in appearance as one could possibly hope for in that grade. Beautiful example!
Now that is a Beautiful Coin. That's special enough to make a person forget all about the current troubles coming out of the US Mint. To me that's exactly what something from 1795 ought to look like , not some MS-64 that cost $785,465.82
I could easily 'suffer' with it!
Love it.
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Awesome coin!
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Beautiful example!
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Nice coin!
I like it very much. I may have to get one with the small eagle.
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Very Nice coin!
A true beauty - thanks for sharing.