1801 $1 PR63 Certification #-28300, PCGS #6904

Estimated grade. Sold by Stack's Jan '84 price realized $55000

David Hall

In about 1858, a small handful of proof Bust dollars dated 1801, 1802, & 1803 were restruck at the Mint, then concealed and sold to collectors some 20 years later. Of the three dates restruck, the 1801 is by far the rarest with as few as three to five examples known today.

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P. Scott Rubin

This is a coin that is closely related to the famous 1804 issues but is the rarest of the collectable proof issues 1801-1804. With only two known this is rarer than both the 1802 and 1803 proof issues and is even rarer than the 1804 Class I and Class III coins. The unique 1804 Class II proof dollar is in the Smithsonian collection so off the market forever.

Of the two coins known the estimated grades are Proof 63 and 64, yet only one is in true high grade collectible condition, since one of the two is struck on a planchet that has cracked almost in half. The Amon Carter specimen shows what appears to be a die break on the obverse central area of the bust up thru the B of Liberty to the rim, like wise what appears to be a break on the reverse from the central area of the shield down thru the Eagle's right leg (viewers left leg) to the rim is really a planchet break that is almost halfway thru the coin. This was discovered by Carl Carlson when he catalogued the coin for the Stack’s L.R. French,Jr. family collection.