1803 $1 Small 3
1801 $1

1803 $1 Large 3, BB-255 (Regular Strike)

Series: Draped Bust Dollars 1795-1803

PCGS MS65

PCGS MS65

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PCGS MS63

PCGS MS63

PCGS AU58+

PCGS AU58+

PCGS #:
40101
Designer:
Robert Scot
Edge:
Lettered: HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT
Diameter:
40.00 millimeters
Weight:
27.00 grams
Mintage:
N/A
Mint:
Philadelphia
Metal:
90% Silver, 10% Copper
Auction Record:
$528,750 • MS65 • 10-08-2020 • Legend Rare Coin Auctions
Major Varieties
Die Varieties

Condition Census What Is This?

Pos Grade Image Pedigree and History
1 MS65 PCGS grade

"Colonel" E.H.R. Green - Green Estate - Partnership of Eric P. Newman & B.G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) - Eric P. Newman, who paid $60.00 - Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society - Heritage 11/2013:33515, $705,000 - Bruce Morelan Collection
2 MS63 PCGS grade MS63 PCGS grade

Thomas Cleneay Collection - S.H. & H. Chapman 12/1890:951 - Jim Ruddy's personal collection, circa 1960 - Cardinal Collection - American Numismatic Rarities 6/2005:61, $82,800 - Bowers & Merena 11/2010:2242, $74,750 - Stack's/Bowers & Sotheby's 3/2017:5044, $111,625
2 MS63 PCGS grade

S.H. & H. Chapman - John M. Clapp Collection - John H. Clapp Collection, sold intact in 1942 - Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection (cat-matched) - Bowers & Merena 4/1997:2198, $35,200
3 MS61 PCGS grade

American Numismatic Rarities 8/2004:565, $32,775 - Dale Friend Collection - Cardinal Collection of Early Dollars - Stack's 1/2009:667, $32,500 - Stack's Bowers 8/2011:7406, $37,375 - Pellegrini Collection - Heritage 1/2016:5451, $28,200
5 AU58+ PCGS grade

Warren Miller Collection
6 AU58 PCGS grade

Stack's/Bowers 8/2012:11487, not sold
6 AU58 PCGS grade AU58 PCGS grade

Heritage 9/22/2010:4339, $17,250
6 AU58 estimated grade

Heritage 1/2015:3172, $44,650
9 AU55 PCGS grade

Dr. Hesselgesser Collection - Goldbergs 9/2011:5135, $14,950
9 AU55 PCGS grade
#1 MS65 PCGS grade

"Colonel" E.H.R. Green - Green Estate - Partnership of Eric P. Newman & B.G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) - Eric P. Newman, who paid $60.00 - Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society - Heritage 11/2013:33515, $705,000 - Bruce Morelan Collection
MS63 PCGS grade #2 MS63 PCGS grade

Thomas Cleneay Collection - S.H. & H. Chapman 12/1890:951 - Jim Ruddy's personal collection, circa 1960 - Cardinal Collection - American Numismatic Rarities 6/2005:61, $82,800 - Bowers & Merena 11/2010:2242, $74,750 - Stack's/Bowers & Sotheby's 3/2017:5044, $111,625
#2 MS63 PCGS grade

S.H. & H. Chapman - John M. Clapp Collection - John H. Clapp Collection, sold intact in 1942 - Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection (cat-matched) - Bowers & Merena 4/1997:2198, $35,200
#3 MS61 PCGS grade

American Numismatic Rarities 8/2004:565, $32,775 - Dale Friend Collection - Cardinal Collection of Early Dollars - Stack's 1/2009:667, $32,500 - Stack's Bowers 8/2011:7406, $37,375 - Pellegrini Collection - Heritage 1/2016:5451, $28,200
#5 AU58+ PCGS grade

Warren Miller Collection
#6 AU58 PCGS grade

Stack's/Bowers 8/2012:11487, not sold
AU58 PCGS grade #6 AU58 PCGS grade

Heritage 9/22/2010:4339, $17,250
#6 AU58 estimated grade

Heritage 1/2015:3172, $44,650
#9 AU55 PCGS grade

Dr. Hesselgesser Collection - Goldbergs 9/2011:5135, $14,950
#9 AU55 PCGS grade
Ron Guth:

Bruce Morelan, in an interview with PCGS in 2016, spoke about his PCGS MS65 example: “1803 is probably my favorite coin of the Draped Bust dollars and the reason for that is not even apparent at first glance. If, same as the 1794, if you have that coin out of the holder and you turn the light, you see the absolute virgin surfaces on Miss Liberty's cheek and breast and neck. It's one of the things that really attracts me to spectacular, early gems, when they have that glow, that patina that you know that coin's never been cleaned. That vibrancy is spectacular and that coin has it.”

Bruce Morelan: 1803 MS65 B-6 BB-255 Large 3