1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-28 (Regular Strike)
Series: Flowing Hair Dollars 1794-1795
PCGS VG10
VF details, obverse scratches
Image courtesy of Bowers & Merena
- PCGS #:
- 147812
- Designer:
- Robert Scot
- Edge:
- Lettered: HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT
- Diameter:
- 40.00 millimeters
- Weight:
- 27.00 grams
- Mintage:
- 16,029
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 90% Silver, 10% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $1,200 • VG Details • 08-22-2018 • Stack's Bowers
Die Varieties
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-11
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-12
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-13
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-14
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-15
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-16
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-17
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-20
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-21
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-22
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-23
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-24
- 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, BB-28
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 F12 estimated grade
B.G. Johnson - Spink America 6/1997:186 - Bowers & Merena 8/1999:235, $27,600 |
The 1795 BB-28 is an extremely rare variety that first showed up in a Spink America auction in 1997. The consignor to the Spink America sale purchased the coin from St. Louis dealer, Burdette G. Johnson. The obverse die was completely new and had never been recorded in any die pairings for 1795 Silver Dollars. The reverse die appears on both the BB-23 and BB-28 combinations (the former being another extremely rare variety in its own right). The "discovery" coin has light scratches on the obverse and an obvious defect on the reverse just below and to the right of the center.