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1798 $1 Large Eagle--Improperly Cleaned--NCS. XF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1798 $1 Large Eagle--Improperly Cleaned--NCS. XF
<B>1798 $1 Large Eagle--Improperly Cleaned--NCS. XF Details.</B></I> B-12, BB-120, R.4. Die State IV or V. Possibly the terminal die state for the variety, with extensive die failure at the drapery and reverse stars. The obverse die has several stars, and the reverse is cracked from ED through the left wing, up through STA, and continuing through the dentils over TES, OF, the right wing tip, and AME. The latest die state was described in the Bowers Silver Dollar Encyclopedia from the Gilhousen Collection catalog. The present example is a different and slightly finer coin.<BR> The surfaces are slightly rough beneath intermingled gray-gold and steel toning. Traces of die failure show at the lower obverse, and among several stars on the reverse. Imperfectly centered with the right obverse and reverse borders much wider than the left borders. Stack's described this coin in their catalog as:<BR> "1798 BB-120, B-12. Rarity-4. Extremely Fine-40.<B> </B></I>Toned with medium to dark silver, a bit mottled, with lighter areas on the high points of the design such as Liberty's cheek. This is a later die state with a thin die crack between the 79, another up the left side of the stars, two more at the bust with one extending up through the right stars. On the reverse the strike is soft on nearly half the stars over the eagle and sharp elsewhere as usual for this later die state. A thin die crack extends through most of the denticles and the legend starting at the edge above U, down through NITED, up STA to the rim and wandering through denticles above TES OF AMERIC. A scarce die pairing and difficult to obtain in grades of Very Fine or higher."<BR><I>Ex: Stack's (3/2007), lot 1032.</B></I><BR><I>From The Queller Family Collection of Silver Dollars.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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