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Dallas Signature US Coin Sale 1253 4-6 Apr 2017
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1797 $1 9x7 Stars, Small Letters, B-2, BB-72, R.4 -- Improperly Cleaned -- NGC Details. AU The very scarce pairing mates a Small Letters reverse with the berry under the A in STATES with the popular 9x7 Stars obverse. This is the most elusive of the three varieties known for 1797, and as the rarest die marriage for the year and a popular Guide Book variety, the BB-72 is forever in demand from astute collectors, particularly in grades above XF. Sophisticated collectors will look beyond this coin's long-ago cleaning and appreciate its pinkish-gray toning and wealth of pleasing detail. Bowers calls the BB-72 "the best known die variety of the 1796-1797 years combined. Indeed, it may well be the most famous variety after 1794 and before 1804."
From The Pellegrini Collection, Part IV.
HID02901242017
1797 $1 9x7 Stars, Small Letters, B-2, BB-72, R.4 -- Improperly Cleaned -- NGC Details. AU The very scarce pairing mates a Small Letters reverse with the berry under the A in STATES with the popular 9x7 Stars obverse. This is the most elusive of the three varieties known for 1797, and as the rarest die marriage for the year and a popular Guide Book variety, the BB-72 is forever in demand from astute collectors, particularly in grades above XF. Sophisticated collectors will look beyond this coin's long-ago cleaning and appreciate its pinkish-gray toning and wealth of pleasing detail. Bowers calls the BB-72 "the best known die variety of the 1796-1797 years combined. Indeed, it may well be the most famous variety after 1794 and before 1804."
From The Pellegrini Collection, Part IV.
HID02901242017