Q. David Bowers
1798 [BB-125] B-24. R-1. Perfect obverse die. VF-35 or better, even natural light silver color, Clean except for some edge nicks on the obverse and a few light handling marks. $550.00.
1798 [BB-125] B-24a. Nearer AU-50 than EF-45, but the neck, bust and drapery show many signs of handling. Beautiful blue iridescent toning, especially on the reverse. $1,250.00.
1798 [BB-125] B-24a. VF-20, poorly struck up (as usual for the variety), lightly pinscratched several times on both sides, and with two small obverse drill marks and two dull reverse attempted punctures. $250.00.
1798 [BB-125] B-24a. VF-30 where struck up. Golden toned obverse; reverse a dullish rainbow tone. Planchet crack at 2:30 and correspondingly on the reverse, which, also, is a trifle off center. $525.00.
1798 [BB-125] B-24a. F-12, unevenly tranished (especially on the reverse. $325.00.
1799/8 [BB-141] B-3. EF45, beginning toning, and very clean and attractive. Not perfectly centered, but rather bold. $1,200.00.
1799/8 [BB-141] B-3. High R4. Overdate; 15, Star reverse. MS-60 or so, frosty with a touch of golden about the devices, and lustrous. Excellent surfaces with minimal handling marks. Not fully struck up in the center portions of the reverse as usual for this variety. $5,000.00.
1799/8 [BB-141] B-3. Very deeply toned Unc. Faintest suggestion of cabinet friction in one or two tiny places on reverse. Not quite MS-60, but nicer looking than the cleaned Miles example. $1,600.00.
1799/8 [BB-142] B-1. Shattered reverse die. F-15 and clean except for a rim bruise above T of UNITED. $325.00.
1799/8 [BB-142] B-1. R-5. Overdate; 13 star reverse. Shattered reverse. AU-55, frosty and iridescent. Softly struck up at the center portions as usual. $1,600.00.
1799/8 [BB-142] B-1. With the shattered reverse die. VF- 35, some areas of EF sharpness, but not fully struck up. Warm gray tone with a little lustre around the devices. Excellent surface and very clean and attractive. $750.00.
1799/8 [BB-143] B-2. AU-50 or so, the reverse nicer than the obverse and with fully lustrous cartwheel effect. Obverse rubbed on forelock and has many small handling marks. $1150.00.
1799 [BB-151] B-13. F-15 or better, yellow and faint rose golden toning. Irregularly struck up upon Liberty and the central portions of the reverse. Struck a little off center, but without any impairment except for two minute reverse rim bruises and a microscopic one below the second 9 on the date. $325.00.
1799 [BB-151] B-13. R-7. Die dot above E in STATES. EF-40, iridescent tone with mint frost about the devices. Poorly struck up in the centers, central reverse adjustment marks and has some trivial obverse handling marks before Liberty's face. $625.00.
1799 [BB-151] B-13. VF-25, light tone, and clean for the grade except for a noticeable rim nick above TY on the obverse and another above TA on the reverse. $500.00.
1799 [BB-152] B-15. High R-5. Not quite AU-50, dull frosty tone with a speck here and there of iridescent tone. Needle sharp where fully struck up, but there are many file marks on Liberty's bust and correspondingly weakly struck up on the reverse which is also off center. $975.00.
1799 [BB-152] B-15a. EF-40, toned predominantly gray, clean, with a few file marks in the central portions of the obverse. Small vertical nick on Liberty's drapery just below the hair and a couple microscopic reverse planchet defects and nicks. $625.00.
1799 [BB-153] B-4. High R-5. Irregular date; 15 star reverse. Obverse die cracks, as usual. EF-45 or better, but very weakly struck up in the center portions. Irregularly toned and has prooflike surfaces. $825.00.
1799 [BB-153] B-4. Very advanced state of the obverse dies. EF-45, similar but better struck than the last, cleaned, but lustrous and beginning to tone. Light handling marks visible to the naked eye. $800.00.
1799 [BB-154] B-18. About VF-30, similar grade as last, but cleaned at one time, and now lightly toning. Not perfectly centered with a few minute reverse rim nicks, the major one just right of center of eagle's wing tip. $550.00.
1799 [BB-154] B-18. R-6. Perfect dies. VF-25, cool gray tone, and exceptionally clean. Well centered and an above average strike. $425.00.
1799 [BB-155] B-19a. R-5. EF-45 to AU-50, partly lustrous, partly iridescent toned. Blunt obverse struck as usual (due to die failure) but with broad borders. Very clean with one or two infinitesimal edge nicks. $900.00.
1799 [BB-155] B-19a. VF-20 or better, some traces of lustre, and gray toned. $325.00.
1799 [BB-156] B-7. R-5. Perfect reverse. About EF-40, natural toning and uneven tarnish. Boldly struck, but a trifle off center. Condition Census level. $675.00.
1799 [BB-156] B-7a. Faint crack through bottoms of UNITED. VF-25, warm gray tone, and with clean surfaces. $450.00.
1799 [BB-156] B-7d. Unlisted shattered and buckled reverse die. Seemingly VF, under a glass some areas display no more wear than would be consistent with EF grade, with plenty of mint lustre. $450.00.
1799 [BB-157] B-5a. EF-40 and cleaned long ago, now toned. There is a planchet crack above 7th star and L of LIBERTY extending through to the reverse. Very bold and attractive. $600.00.
1799 [BB-157] B-5a. R-1. Almost Unc. plus, deep iridescent toning and mint brilliance, but a plain old scratch from nose to 10th star. $1,050.00.
1799 [BB-157] B-5a. VF-30, iridescent gray tone, clean but pin-scratched on the reverse around the eagle's right wing. There are also a few minor edge nicks plus one rim bruise. $525.00.
1799 [BB-158] B-16a. F-15 to VF-20, dark gray, and clean save for some minor reverse edge bruises. $325.00.
1799 [BB-158] B-16a. F-15, uneven wear, several obverse rim nicks and one reverse rim nick above 0 of OF. $300.00.
1799 [BB-158] B-16a. R-1. VF-25, even gray color, and very clean except for a rim bruise above the 5th and 6th stars and another above ED on the reverse. There is also a slight granular area behind Liberty's hair. $375.00.
1799 [BB-158] B-16b. F-15, naturally toned, and unevenly struck due to die failure. There is one medium reverse edge bruise above wing tip on the left and several smaller ones on the obverse; otherwise, clean. $300.00.
1799 [BB-158] B-16b. VG-8 or better, some toning, and clean for the grade. Planchet defect above first A of AMERICA. $250.00.
1799 [BB-158] B-16c. EF-40, lustrous, but scratched between the 6th and 7th stars on the obverse and a few minor rim bruises on that side. $675.00.
1799 [BB-159] B-23. Low R-4. AU-50, lustrous and bright. Minor obverse handling marks, plus four tiny nicks on Liberty's cheek, and not perfectly centered; otherwise, choice. $1,250.00.
1799 [BB-160] B-12. About F-10, but there is an "X" carved in the left obverse field behind the lower curls; plus a dull, blunt vertical scratch in the right obverse field and a rim bruise above the 7th star. $150.00.
1799 [BB-160] B-12. R-1. No berries, same die as B-11. Perfect dies. VF-35, dull toned, reverse partly iridescent. Without impairment, unless one might complain about a microscopic rim nick above the 10th star. $625.00.
1799 [BB-160] B-12b. F-15, tarnished about the stars, and a clean example. $375.00.
1799 [BB-160] B-12b. Shattered obverse. MS-60 to 65, fully lustrous, partly brilliant, but mostly with an even grayish tone. Struck partially off center on the obverse and irregularly about the rims. A bold impression with fantastic surfaces. $3,800.00.