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GREAT COLLECTIONS: MICHAEL SULLIVAN COLLECTIONGreat Collections will be selling the early half dollars and dollar collection of former NBS President Michael Sullivan following the FUN show. Select items are discussed below, and pedigrees include Stirling, Miller, Cardinal, Hesselgesser, Hansen, Elder, AP Austin, Bolender, Friend, Husak, Perkins, Reiver, Matthews. -Garrett This 29-coin, PCGS certified bust coinage offering will be sold by Great Collections following the FUN show. The coins will be on display for preview at FUN. Sullivan's core collection of key dates and Redbook varieties continues to be his passion to collect and improve. This portion of the collection is not available for sale, but is viewable on PCGS Registry. 
1806 Draped Bust Half Dollar Pointed 6, Stem Overton 122 PCGS VF-30 (MJ Sullivan Collection) Overton-122; This is the latest die state with large reverse vertical crack and secondary cracks. Additional cracks from arrows to base of UNITED through the field to the ribbon.
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1806 Draped Bust Half Dollar Pointed 6, Stem Overton 127a PCGS VF-25 (CAC Green) Overton-127a. High R-6. Condition Census #1 Late Die State. Ex. GreatCollections 2026 (MJ Sullivan).
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1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar B-12 BB-26 3 Leaves PCGS XF-45 (CAC Green) B-12; Bowers-Borckardt BB-26 3-Leaf: R.6. This is widely believed to be the finest known BB-26, although one example has been numerically graded higher. An impeccable pedigree dating back to Thomas Elder in 1924.
Ex. Elder 1924; Bolender Feb 1952; Austin; Superior Aug 1975; HA Jan 2018; GreatCollections 2026 (MJ Sullivan),
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1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar B-10 BB-22 2 Leaves PCGS VF-35 B-10; Bowers-Borckardt BB-22, 2-Leaf: R-7. This is a rare die marriage from the Warren Miller collection. Ex. GreatCollections 2026 (MJ Sullivan).
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1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar B-6 BB-25 Missing Leaf PCGS XF-45 (Toned) B-6; Bowers-Borckardt BB-25, 3-Leaf: R-8. Finest of two known. While the BB-25 is an R-3 die marriage, only two coins exhibit the early die state missing a leaf near the upper left eagle wing (see photo reverse circle area). This is the finest of two known. This coin was not included in the Miller collection. It is now included in the 121-die marriage PCGS set as part of the registry program as posted on PCGS:
1795 B-6, BB-25 3-Leaves Originally identified by legendary dollar collector Frank Stirling, this coin eventually found its way to the Hesselgesser collection sold in 2011. After passing through a few hands, the coin landed in the MJ Sullivan collection. Ex. Goldberg Jun 2013 (Hesselgesser); GreatCollections 2026 (MJ Sullivan).
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1798 Draped Bust Silver Dollar B-18 BB-103 Point 9 4 Lines PCGS F-12 (Toned) B-18; Bowers-Borckardt BB-103: A classic rarity in the bust dollar series, as the only straight-graded example for the die marriage that was formerly a highlight from the Reiver and Perkins collections. Perkins acquired this coin under a private agreement with Reiver (and was therefore not included in the 2006 Reiver auction.
Jules Reiver Acquisition Card: "Coin Emporium, 6/1983 - B-18a UNIQUE - no Die Cracks on the Rev., Weak Reverse as Diagnostic, 8985 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami Shores, Florida, 33138"
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1798 Draped Bust Silver Dollar B-16 BB-110 PCGS AU-55 B-16; Bowers-Borckardt BB-110: R-6. Easily identifiable by the obverse crack from rim to date, this is the condition census #2 coin after the Perkins MS-61 coin. It is the Bolender plate coin.
Ex. Miller; Hansen; GreatCollections 2026 (MJ Sullivan).
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1798 Draped Bust Silver Dollar B-34 BB-126 PCGS VG-10 (Toned) B-34; Bowers-Borckardt BB-126: R-8. This is the second BB-126 discovered and cherrypicked by an eagle-eyed collector-dealer on the internet in 2021. The die marriage blends the obverse of a BB-108 with the reverse of a BB-103/104. This is the only straight graded coin known of this die marriage – the die marriage is the last bust dollar die marriage discovered (the other example known was the discovery piece reported by CoinWorld in 2015). Ex. GreatCollections 2026 (MJ Sullivan).
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1803 Draped Bust Silver Dollar B-3 BB-256 Small 3 PCGS AU-50 B-3; Bowers-Borckardt BB-256: This Condition Census #3 R-6 was the first rarity added to the MJ Sullivan collection back in 2012, acquired directly from Jim Mathews.
Ex. Goldberg Sep 2002; GreatCollections 2026 (MJ Sullivan).
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1801 Draped Bust Silver Dollar B-4 BB-214 PCGS MS-61 (Toned) B-4; Bowers-Borckardt BB-214: R-4. This coin is virtually Proof-Like, although not noted by PCGS and was previously graded NGC MS-62 when it was sold in a March 2016 auction.
Ex. SB Mar 2016; GreatCollections 2026 (MJ Sullivan).
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