Lot 595
1795 B-5, BB-27. Rarity 1 3 Leaves. PCGS graded AU-50 PQ. Old green holder. Untoned and well struck, there is luster within the main devices on this attractive coin. Everything agreeable to the eye of the numismatist. The stars are sharp as well as the rim dentils on both sides. BB-27 is made famous by its relative availability (the most often-seen 1795 3-leaves variety) and from the short raised "dash" seen on all specimens behind the topmost curl (possibly from a die engraver's slip of the wrist) (PCGS # 6852) .
BB-27 represents one of several varieties with the 3-leaves reverse and the Head of '95 obverse. In this case, the portrait of Liberty is in a high-relief on the finished coins. On the obverse, Liberty's lowest curl is open and distant from star one. The reverse displays 13 berries on the wreath, seven on the left branch and six on the right, with three berries beneath the eagle's wing on the left and two berries beneath the wing on the right.
Estimated Value $22,000 - 25,000.
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