Q. David Bowers
1800 So-called Dotted Date. VG. $2.60.
1800 Die break on reverse, making the legend read AMERICA! VG, but name stamped in small letters back of head. $2.40.
1800 Perfect Die. About Fine. $2.75.
1801 Good. Scarce date. $3.40.
1801 VG. Scarce. $3.90.
1802/1 VG. $3.05.
1802/1 VG. $4.00.
1803 Small 3 in date. Fine. Scarce. $4.00.
1803 Small 3 in date. VG. Scarce. $3.60.
1803 Large 3 in date. Fine. $4.10.
1803 Large 3 in date. VG. $2.50.
J.C. Morgenthau & Co.'s sale of the J.C. Light-house Collection, February 18-19, 1936. Catalogued by Wayte Raymond and James Macallister, this auction began with the 1794, an obligatory coin for any silver dollar set claiming to be comprehensive. Lighthouse, whose interest in numismatics began in the nineteenth century, formed one of the finest cabinets ever of U.S. coins, a holding particularly rich in gold, including Proofs. His early silver dollars were not particularly memorable, however.
1794 Good. Usual weakness in striking, but all of date shows. Several light dents on obverse and several edge nicks on reverse, but still a better specimen than often obtainable. Very rare. $86.00.
1795 Head type. EF, only slight evidence of circulation. Three leaves under eagle's wing. $25.00.
1795 Same type but from different dies. Two leaves on reverse. VF. $16.00.
1795 Bust type. Head to left of center. Unc, except for a few immaterial edge dents. $21.00.
1795 Bust type. Bust in center of obverse. EF. $22.00.
1796 Large Date. VF. $9.00.
1796 Small Date. EF. $20.00.
1798 Small Eagle reverse, 15 star variety. VF. $15.00.
1798 Small Eagle reverse, 13 star variety. Fine. $9.50.
1798 Large Eagle reverse. Knobbed 9. EF. $12.50.
1798 Large Eagle reverse. Plain 9. EF. $9.00.
1799/8 Unc. $21.00.
1799/8 Unc. $18.50.
1799 Five stars before. VF. $11.00.
1800 EF. $11.00.
1801 VF. $13.00.
1802/1 Unc., beautiful dollar. $23.00.
1802 Perfect Date. VF. $7.50.
J.C. Morgenthau & Co.'s sale of December 21, 1937. This auction, beginning with a specimen of the rare 1794, contains some coins in especially high grades.
1794 VF, an unusually good specimen of this rare date. Very rare. $250.00.
1795 Head similar to 1794. Three Leaf variety on reverse.
Unc., superb piece with mint lustre. Rare. $41.00.
1795 Another type of the Three Leaf variety. Superb Mint State, almost a Proof. Very rare. $55.00.
1795 Two Leaf variety. Brilliant Mint State. Superb. $41.00.
1795 Bust type. Sharp Unc. with Br. Proof surface. One of the most beautiful early dollars we have seen. $60.00.
1796 Large Date. Unc., mint lustre. Very rare condition. $30.00.
1796 Small Date and letters. Fine. Rare. $15.00.
1796 Small Date, large letters. EF and sharp. Rare. $16.00.
1797 Stars 10x6. VF. Scarce. $15.25.
1797 Stars 9x7. EF and sharp. Scarce. $17.00.
1798 Small Eagle, 15 Stars. VF. Rare. $17.50.
1798 Small Eagle, 13 Stars. EF, mint lustre. Very rare condition. $21.00.
1798 Large Eagle. Unc., very choice. $10.50.
1799/8 EF. Practically Unc. Rare. $15.00.
1799 Stars 7x6. Unc. $12.00.
1799 Stars 8x5. AU, handsome Proof surface. Very rare. $20.00.
1801 Unc., sharp with mint lustre. Rare. $26.00.
1802 Unc., very sharp. $16.00.
1803 Large 3. Unc., prooflike. $22.50.
1803 Small 3. AU, Proof surface. $15.50.
James Kelly, October 1940, advertised at fixed prices in The Numismatist the following silver dollars under the timely title of "Blitzkrieg of Rarities" (this was when Hitler was devastating much of Europe; a rather tenuous numismatic connection here, however).
1795 Flowing Hair, AU $25.00.
1795 Bust, Unc. $35.00.
1796 8x7, Unc. $35.00.
1797 9x7, Unc. $40.00.
1798 Unc., Large Eagle $20.00.