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Impressive Select 1844 Seated Dollar

1844 $1 MS63 PCGS. In his Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States, Q. David Bowers notes the 1844 as the first of the Seated design to have a reduced mintage, continuing: "Scant supplies of silver bullion continued to be one of the main problems facing the mint, and the situation was not made easier by the fact that many United States silver coins were shipped to Europe and Asia in payment for import transactions."
A handful of well-off examples did not enter commerce, though, and this Select coin is among them. Rich reddish-orange, violet, and silver-gray toning appears on each side, with the obverse showing the various colors blending into one another and the reverse displaying the same shadings in horizontal bands. Population: 9 in 63, 2 finer (6/09).(Registry values: N2998)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 24YE, PCGS# 6930, GSID# 7194)

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight: 26.73 grams
ASW: 0.77346oz
Melt Value: $10.83
Silver Spot: $14/oz (07-31-2009)
Mintage: 20,000

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