Q. David Bowers
Ed. Frossard's sale of the New Jersey Collection, March 8, 1898, included a nice run of dollars from 1794 onward in average condition.
1794 Prominent hair-locks worn, slight cut on ear, stars to left flat, legend and stars to right well struck; date plain. Slight nicks in' field, VG for date. $40. .
1795 Flowing Hair. Hair somewhat worn, otherwise Fine. H-2. $1.95.
1795 Flowing Hair. Slight cut on hair; EF. H-5 $5.10.
1795 Flowing Hair. Fine. H-6. $2.50.
1795 Flowing Hair, Light scratches on head; VG. H-12.$2.40.
1795 Draped Bust. VG. H-14. $2.25.
1795 Draped Bust. Fine. H-15. $2.80.
1796 Fine. H-1. $3.20.
1796 VF. H-4. $3.00:
1796 VG. H-5. $2.50.
1797 VG. H-1. $2.70.
1797 VG. H-2. $2.25.
1797 Fine. H-3. $3.30.
1798 Lock of hair under ear worn, Nearly Fine. H-1. $4.00.
1798 Fine. H-2. $6.00.
1798 Heraldic Eagle. Fine. H-7.$1.80.
1798 Heraldic Eagle. Nearly Fine. H-8. $1.90.
1798 Heraldic Eagle. VG. H-2. $1.75.
1798 Heraldic Eagle. Fine, $2.00. 1799/8VF. H-2. $2.80.
1799 VF. H-5. $2.35.
1799 Fine. H-8. $1.80.
1799 VG. H-9. $1.80.
1799 Fine. $2.00.
1799 Prominent hair-locks worn. Fine. $3.00.
1800 Defect in pl-over forehead and hair. VG. $1.80. 1800 VF. H-8. $2.50.
1800 VG. H-14. $1.80.
1800 Nick on reverse edge. Fine. H-15. $2.30. 1800 Fine. H-16. $2.80.
1800 VG. H-18. $2.40.
1800 VF. $3.60.
1801 Fine. $l.30.
1801 Nearly Fine. H-1. $3.10. 1801 Nearly Fine. H-3. $2.80.
1802/1 Sharp impression; Fine. H-4. $3.20.
1802 VG. H-5. $2.45.
1802 VF. H-6. $3.30.
1802 Same variety. VG. $2.20.
1803 Hair rubbed; still Fine. H-1 (Total: 2 pieces). $2.70 each.
1803 Hair worn. Nearly Fine. H-6. $2.60. 1803 Fine. $2.70.
New York Coin & Stamp Company's sale of June 30, 1899, included these early dollars:
1794 Very Fair; apparently worn as a pocket piece; date distinct; head well centered. $40.25.
1795 Nude Bust [Flowing Hair]; VF, strongly struck im pression. $4.50.
1795 Draped Bust. VG. $2.50.
1796 VG. $2.50.
1797 Unc., brilliant impression; faint file marks in planchet before striking still show on parts of reverse. $37.50.
1798 VF. $17.50.
1798 VF. $6.85.
1798 U.S. Arms {Heraldic Eagle reverse]. VF, sharp impression. $3.50.
1798 U.S. Arms; VF, sharp impression. $3.25.
1799 Unc., sharp. $10.25.
1800 Unc., sharp and perfect. $15.75.
1801 VF, sharp impression. faintest traces of circulation. $12.25.
1802 Unc.; sharp, brilliant and perfect. $12.25.
1802/1 VG. $2.25.
1803 VF, sharp impression. Few microscopic nicks. $3.50.
1803 Good. $2.00.
Charles Steigerwalt's fixed price list, April 1904, included these early dollars.
1795 Flowing Hair. About all circulation is on the masses of hair and eagle's breast. Brilliant mint bloom. $15.00.
1795 Fillet Head. Unc.; slight Proof surface. One slight mark shows as edge nick. $17.50.
1796 Large Date. VF. $7.00.
1796 Small Date. VF. $6.00.
1797 Seven Stars Facing. VF. $5.00.
1797 Six Stars Facing. VF. $5.00.
1798 15 Stars. Small Eagle. About VF. $8.00.
1798 13 Stars. Small Eagle. VF. $6.00.
1798 Large Eagle. Wide Date. $3.25.
1798 Large Eagle. Compact Date, 8 high. Practically Unc. $3.50.
1799 Five Stars Facing. EF. $8.50.
1799 "High 9." Barely touched, slight Proof surface. $4.50.
1799 Wide Date. Barely touched, mint bloom. $4.00.
1799 Date more compact. Practically Unc, $4.50.
1799 Last 9 low. EF. $4.00.
1800 Faint circulation. Brilliant mint bloom. $5.00.
1800 "AMERICAI" variety. EF. $4.50.
1800 Dotted Date. EF. $4.50.
1801 VF. $7.50.
1802 EF. $6.00.
1802/1 EF. $6.00.
1803 Large 3. EF, slight Proof surface. $7.00.
1803 Small 3. VF. $6.00.
S.H. and H. Chapman's sale of the Ralph Barker Collection, July 7-8, 1904, offered dollars from 1794 onward. Reminiscing in later years, the Chapman brothers stated that of all significant United States coin rarities, the 1794 dollar was the only issue that they never bought over the counter from the public in the normal course of business. The dollars in the Barker sale were catalogued hastily, and the basic types of 1795 were not given.
1794 Fine for this coin. Well and evenly struck. A few almost invisible scratches in field before head. Slight edge dent. $75.00.
1795 Fine. $2.60.
1795 VG. $2.50.
1795 VF. $3.25.
1795 Fine. $2.00.
1795 Fine. Nick on end of nose and in field. $2.00.
1796 VG. $7.25.
1796 Fine. Light nicks on bust. $3.25.
1796 VF. $7.25.
1797 Fine. $4.00.
1797 VG. $2.20.
1798 VF. Strong impression. $3.00.
1798 Fine. Slight edge dent. $5.00.
1798 VF. Slight drift mark [carbon streak] on obverse. Sharp, even impression. $2.25.
1799/8 Unc, Sharp impression. Mint lustre. $3.25.
1799 Fine. $3.00.
1799 EF. Sharp, beautiful impression; shows very light hairline file marks in center of reverse. Mint lustre. $2.75.
1800 VF. Sharp, even impression. $4.10.
1801 EF. Sharp, even impression. Mint lustre. $6.75.
1801 VF. $3.70.
1802/1 VG. $l.75.
1802 Unc, Stars not centered. Slight nick on neck. Mint lustre. Even impression. $4.50.
1803 VF. $2.00.
Lyman H. Low's sale of the H.G. Brown Collection, Part I, October 11, 1904. This offering is representative of several similar situations in American numismatics over the years, in which a collector added a prime rarity (in this case an 1804 dollar) to a collection of otherwise mediocre quality. The 1794 was a real dog.