Early Dollars
1800 $1 Dotted Date, B-14, BB-194, R.3, VF25 PCGS. Bowers Die State IV. The well-known Guide Book variety with several prominent die lumps near the first 0 in the date. The largest of these, directly below the digit, allows B-14 to be attributed upon first sight, at arm's length. This is a cobalt-blue and stone-gray example, smooth aside from hair-thin lines near the left-side reverse stars.
From The Palos Verdes Collection.