Bolender and Bowers and Borckardt Specialists: Bust Dollar Question

bidask · January 31, 2009 4:24AM

I do not own either reference in my title, ....could someone go into more detail as to the differences of varieties of the the 1802 dollar?

Specifically, the wide date 1802 $ BB-242 - Bolender 5 listed in coinfacts as - Rare?...... Can anyone describe this variety?

Thanks,

Placid · January 31, 2009 4:27AM

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bidask · January 31, 2009 4:33AM

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Placid, thanks.....

"Obverse date style and complete right foot to "T" in "Liberty" .....so, besides being a wide date, is it the complete right foot T in Liberty that makes this its own variety? Anything else?

TomB · January 31, 2009 7:57AM

The obverse of this variety is supposed to be difficult to determine because it was made so well and with few other identifying characteristics. It was, however, only used on the B5, if I recall correctly. The reverse has a spur coming off of the D in UNITED and the spur points to the feathers on the eagle's wing. Additionally, the T punch used on the reverse has a longer serif on the left base than the right base. This reverse was used in die marriages B2, B3, B5 and B9.

bidask · January 31, 2009 8:13AM

I went to the earlydollars.org website and here is the 1802 dollar overview that says this wide date variety is quite scarce.

Bolender and Bowers and Borckardt Specialists: Bust Dollar Question

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