Q. David Bowers
1800 [BB-186] B-4a. VF-30, or better where struck up, partial iridescent tone. Irregularly struck up about the rims. Very clean except for an old mark or two behind the hair ribbons and a few nicks on Liberty's cheek and neck. $425.00.
1800 [BB-186] B-4b. Also VF-20. Bright from old cleaning. Few microscopic rim marks. $350.00.
1800 [BB-186] B-4b. High R-4. VF-20, blunt strike as usual, well toned and clean save for a very minor dull scrape from L down to junction of Liberty's hair and ribbon knot. $375.00.
1800 [BB-187] B-16. High R-3. EF-40, lustrous with iridescent toning, and choice. Fairly well centered; clean surfaces. Weakness at right breast as made. $1,100.00.
1800 [BB-187] B-16. High R-3. VF-30, sharp and bright, and obviously cleaned. A nick on a denticle just left of first star, plus several others above first A of STATES. $500.00.
1800 [BB-188] B-8. R-2. EF-40 or better, even color, and exceptionally clean and attractive. Not perfectly centered and a little irregularly struck up about the obverse rims. Faintly reflective reverse surfaces. $825.00.
1800 [BB-188] B-8. VF-30 or better, iridescent tone, and lustrous. Well centered and clean, but there is a small nick in the left obverse field above the ribbons. $575.00.
1800 [BB-189] B-5. Die dot inside lower part of R of LIBERTY. Perfect die. VF-35 where struck up, lightly iridescent, and exceptionally clean. Minute nicks above the 7th star. $500.00.
1800 [BB-189] B-5b. VF, faint traces of lustre, warm gray tone, minute handling marks; some parts suggest EF grade. $400.00.
1800 [BB-189] B-5b. VF-30, dark gray with blue-green iridescence about the obverse stars and reverse legend. Clean and beautiful, but with small, dull rim bruises above Y of LIBERTY and IC of AMERICA. Condition Census level. $450.00.
1800 [BB-189] B-5b. VF-30, lightly tarnished, obverse off center, but clean. $425.00.
1800 [BB-190] B-10. R-2. MS-60, fully lustrous, but well tarnished. Microscopic obverse handling marks, reverse reflective. $1,650.00.
1800 [BB-190] B-10a. F-15, possibly a hairbreadth better. Natural gray tone, clean, and with a minute rim bruise right of the first star. $325.00.
1800 [BB-190] B-10a. VF-30, though softly struck up, deep gray tone, and very clean and attractive. $600.00.
1800 [BB-190] B-10b. EF, the amount of rubbing on high points suggests VF. Cool iridescent tone. Minimal handling marks; the short reverse streaks were in the planchet before striking. Honestly, only about VF-20 at best. $350.00.
1800 [BB-190] B-10b. F-15 or better, partial iridescent reverse tone. Usual soft strike. $325.00.
1800 [BB-190] B-10b. VF, weak, bluish-gray tone. $400.00.
1800 [BB-190] B-10b. VF-20 or so, natural gray color, obverse superior to last, reverse much weaker. $360.00.
1800 [BB-191] B-11. F-15, deeply toned, and clean except for a faint initial "F" lightly scratched on Liberty's upper jaw. $260.00.
1800 [BB-191] B-11. R-6. AMERICAI. VF-25, iridescently toned, with central weakness on both sides from striking as this variety usually comes. $575.00.
1800 [BB-192] B-19. R-2. AMERICAI. AU-50, heavily toned with highly glossy surfaces, and partly lustrous. Minor evidence of handling and a single spot on Liberty'S neck at hair curl. Poorly centered obverse, but attractive. $1,350.00.
1800 [BB-192] B-19b. About F-12 and very lightly, but well scratched on the obverse. Oddly colored and flat on the high spots. $250.00.
1800 [BB-193] B-13. Clashed die reverse. MS-60, fully lustrous and iridescently toned. Very choice despite a small edge nick above the left upright of U of UNITED on the reverse. A trifle flat at Liberty's brow; otherwise, superb. $1,800.00.
1800 [BB-193] B-13. R-6. VF-30, well toned blue gray color, and fairly clean. Softly struck on the high points of the obverse. $525.00.
1800 [BB-193] B-18. R-2. VG-8 or better, but rim dented on both sides, and scratched and scraped on the right reverse side. $175.00.
1800 [BB-193] B-18d. Almost EF, deep gray tone, traces of lustre; one tiny reverse rim nick but no other handling marks. $400.00.
1800 [BB-194] B-14. R-3. So-called "Dotted Date," flaws inside and above first 0 in date. VF-35 , partly iridescent to golden and bluish tones. More than usual light obverse handling marks, plus a few rim bruises or nicks (the most serious above TA of STATES). $625.00.
1800 [BB-195] B-15. R-4. EF-40, but a very soft strike. Pale toning with nice surfaces and edge definition; reverse off center. $700.00.
1800 [BB-196]B-17. R-1. VF-30, gray and iridescent tone; flat on the high points, but clean with very minor obverse handling marks. $525.00.
1801 [BB-211] B-1. High R-4. EF-45, lustrous with warm iridescent tone. Flatly struck up as usual for this variety. Both sides off center and lightly handled all over. $850.00.
1801 [BB-211] B-1a. Waves or suction marks at top of date. Reverse cracked. VF-20 where struck up, flat on hair high points, cheek, and drapery. Clean save for some edge bruises on either side, the most noticeable above the third star and R of LIBERTY. $375.00.
1801 [BB-212] B-2. R-3. Obverse as last; only 12 arrows show plainly. About EF-40, but dull with an irregular gray toned Mostly bold and clean with a few microscopic rim nicks on either side. $600.00.
1801 [BB-212] B-2. About F-10, considering some light obverse scratches behind the head of Liberty, plus a dozen or so rim nicks on either side. Dull gray. $300.00.
1801 [BB-212] B-2a. Crack developing above bust. VF-35, cleaned and now retoning. There is a short scratch below 18 of the date. A few obverse rim bruises are barely noticeable; reverse better centered than obverse. $450.00.
1801 [BB-213] B-3. Almost VG-8, but repaired above LI, rim bruised on the obverse, and scratched on the reverse, top to bottom, and in the left field below the wing on the left. $140.00.
1801 [BB-213] B-3. R-3. Obverse as last two; reverse with right foot of T's missing. AD-55, partly frosty with some blue and green iridescence around the stars and the reverse legend. Rubbed on the high spots and with too much obverse handling and abrasion marks to qualify for MS-60. Choice and one of two finest known of the variety. $1,450.00.
1801 [BB-213] B-3a. Reverse clash marks at upper right. F- 15, gray color; but with the initials G W stamped in left obverse field behind the hair adjacent to stars two, three and four. There is also an attempted puncture after G resembling an out of position period. $120.00.