1799 BB-156 Draped Bust Silver Dollar

Value of 1799 BB-156 Draped Bust Silver Dollar

This Dollar has the catalog numbers: Bowers Borckardt-156, Bolender-7, or Haseltine-7

Obverse: Light “waves” appear at top of date between two 9’s and to right, from the tops of the clouds in the reverse die. Letters in LIBERTY close. First star appears small and thin. “Pocket” or “cobweb” clash mark under throat of Liberty shows on BB-156, BB-157, and BB-162, not always well defined. The closest star is the star 8 which is slightly closer to Y, than seventh star is to L. First star slightly farther from curl than last star is from bust.
Reverse: Point of star touches point of upper part of eagle’s beak; ray points to right edge of B in PLURIBUS. First A in AMERICA touches third feather only. Leaf points near center of upright of I in AMERICA. Clouds 1, 7 and 8 have stars penetrating into them; other clouds have stars exceedingly close or touching. Far right edge of A is over cloud 3.
Total Estimated Population: 275 to 500

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