1799 $1 Draped Bust Silver Dollar PCGS VF-25 BB-168 Bisecting Rev Die Crack

1799 Draped Bust $1 7x6 Obverse Stars, BB-168 Rarity-5. Bowers Die State IV: "Later state with the obverse developing multiple cracks to the point of shattering." Indeed, the obverse does have several die cracks, although in can hardly be called a "shattered die." The bisecting reverse die crack has developed tiny cuds at the upper and lower serif of the E in UNITED, and at the upper left serif of the M in AMERICA. While Bowers states that he had not seen this die state, Stephen Herrman records half-a-dozen late die state pieces in his listing of auction records for the early dollars. Traces of luster remain on this antique-gray silver dollar that has light gray devices and splashes of pale gold toning. Minor hairlines and minuscule handling marks.