1803 $1 Large 3
1802 $1

1801 $1 (Proof)

Series: Draped Bust Dollars 1801-1804

PCGS #:
6904
Designer:
Robert Scot
Edge:
Lettered: HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT
Diameter:
40.00 millimeters
Weight:
27.00 grams
Mintage:
6
Mint:
Philadelphia
Metal:
90% Silver, 10% Copper
Auction Record:
$55,000 • PR63 • 01-01-1984 • Stack's
Major Varieties
Die Varieties

Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More

Grades Survival
Estimate 		Numismatic
Rarity 		Relative Rarity
By Type 		Relative Rarity
By Series
All Grades 5 R-9.7 1 / 5 1 / 5
60 or Better 5 R-9.7 2 / 5 TIE 2 / 5 TIE
65 or Better 2 R-9.9 1 / 5 1 / 5
Survival Estimate
All Grades 5
60 or Better 5
65 or Better 2
Numismatic Rarity
All Grades R-9.7
60 or Better R-9.7
65 or Better R-9.9
Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type
All Grades 1 / 5
60 or Better 2 / 5 TIE
65 or Better 1 / 5
Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series
All Grades 1 / 5
60 or Better 2 / 5 TIE
65 or Better 1 / 5

Condition Census What Is This?

Pos Grade Image Pedigree and History
1 PR65 estimated grade

Capt. John Haseltine - Thomas Cleneay Collection - Peter Mougey Collection - John P. Lyman Collection - H.O. Granberg Collection - F.C.C. Boyd Collection - Ed Hipps - Stack’s 9/1978:303, $42,000 - New England 3/1982:1575, $46,000
2 PR63 estimated grade

Capt. John W. Haseltine - Waldo Newcomer - Mehl ca. 1931-32 - Col. E.H.R Green - Burdette G. Johnson - Jack Roe Collection - B. Max Mehl 6/1945, $220 - Will W. Neil Collection - B. Max Mehl 6/1947, $300 - Amon G. Carter, Jr. Collection - Stack's 1/1984, $55,000 - John Rowe III - L.R. French Family Collection - Stack's 1/1989, $82,500

 
 
3 PR35 PCGS grade
#1 PR65 estimated grade

Capt. John Haseltine - Thomas Cleneay Collection - Peter Mougey Collection - John P. Lyman Collection - H.O. Granberg Collection - F.C.C. Boyd Collection - Ed Hipps - Stack’s 9/1978:303, $42,000 - New England 3/1982:1575, $46,000
#2 PR63 estimated grade

Capt. John W. Haseltine - Waldo Newcomer - Mehl ca. 1931-32 - Col. E.H.R Green - Burdette G. Johnson - Jack Roe Collection - B. Max Mehl 6/1945, $220 - Will W. Neil Collection - B. Max Mehl 6/1947, $300 - Amon G. Carter, Jr. Collection - Stack's 1/1984, $55,000 - John Rowe III - L.R. French Family Collection - Stack's 1/1989, $82,500

 
 
#3 PR35 PCGS grade
David Hall:

In about 1858, a small handful of proof Bust dollars dated 1801, 1802, & 1803 were restruck at the Mint, then concealed and sold to collectors some 20 years later. Of the three dates restruck, the 1801 is by far the rarest with as few as three to five examples known today.

P. Scott Rubin: This is a coin that is closely related to the famous 1804 issues but is the rarest of the collectable proof issues 1801-1804. With only two known this is rarer than both the 1802 and 1803 proof issues and is even rarer than the 1804 Class I and Class III coins. The unique 1804 Class II proof dollar is in the Smithsonian collection so off the market forever.

Of the two coins known the estimated grades are Proof 63 and 64, yet only one is in true high grade collectible condition, since one of the two is struck on a planchet that has cracked almost in half. The Amon Carter specimen shows what appears to be a die break on the obverse central area of the bust up thru the B of Liberty to the rim, like wise what appears to be a break on the reverse from the central area of the shield down thru the Eagle's right leg (viewers left leg) to the rim is really a planchet break that is almost halfway thru the coin. This was discovered by Carl Carlson when he catalogued the coin for the Stack’s L.R. French,Jr. family collection.