1799 Draped Bust Dollar For Grading And Details Determination

At first glance it looks genuine.
Color is good. No real distractions.
Is the edge lettered (as it should be?)
Should be "no problem."
Fine 12 (just a guess).

What do you suspect, Coinfrog? As I am color blind I only see a "light patch."

The edge is lettered as expected. The light patches are the lighting rather than the coin. The coin is for the most part evenly colored throughout, and there is no copperish coloring anywhere. I am confident that the coin is authentic and that it has not been patched or anything of that nature. I have a pretty good sense of the grade, but am primarily concerned about cleaning (I think the scratches are not enough to warrant Details for a coin that old).

You might want to look at this site and run through the identification of the dies just to make sure its real. I have an excellent Chinese fake in silver from this date.
http://www.earlydollars.org/wizarddate3.htm

Thanks for this interesting reference. I make no claim of expertise on the legitimacy of these dollars - just offering a grade opinion.

If that's the actual color, then you're in trouble.

It's an auction and I would be bidding $1475 to take the lead. I'm leaning heavily against it at this point.

It's a nice coin, but you do take a risk buying a raw coin. Here's a similar slabbed Bust dollar that sold on Heritage recently for about the same amount.

https://coins.ha.com/itm/early-doll...bnail-071515