1803 $1 BB-255 AU50 Certification #25205912, PCGS #40101
Expert Comments
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.”
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#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
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 |
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#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 |