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1798/7 $10 9 Stars Left 4 Right NCS AU Dtls Obv Repair

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1798/7 $10 9 Stars Left 4 Right NCS AU Dtls Obv Repair
<b>1798/7 &#36;10 Capped Bust. 9 stars left, 4 right. Taraszka-9. NCS graded About Unc Details. Obverse Repaired.</b> Although repaired, the work was done carefully so that most anyone looking at this handsome rarity for the first time wouldn&#39;t notice. The strike is typical for 1798 meaning that there is sharp definition in most of the outer areas but the center is left a little weak at Liberty&#39;s hair. However, contrary to what would be expected, the reverse is downright bold. All of the wing and tail feathers show boldly, the shield horizontals and verticals also crisp and nicely delineated. The legends and rims complement things nicely too with their bold relief. Best of all, this is the extremely scarce 1798 issue, one of two die varieties made this year, and the one in which the stars are lopsided on the obverse. Only four stars face Liberty on the right, while there are 9 on the left, a most curious positioning.

ATTRACTIVE 1798 OVERDATE EAGLE.

Minor change came with the eagles of 1798. The expansion of the Union was at such a pace as to threaten to overwhelm coinage designs in the future if a star was added to the design for each new state. This led the Mint director to order a standardization of stars to 13 &#40;for the original Colonies&#41;, beginning in 1798 on the eagle.

Two arrangements of stars are found in 1798, one die with nine left and four right, and one die with seven and six. All of the 1798 eagles are actually overdates: 1798/7, with the 8 punched into the die over a 7. No perfect date 1798 capped bust eagles are known.

The total mintage of 842 1798/7 capped bust eagles makes this the rarest of the capped bust eagles by mintage. Both obverse dies broke early, likely accounting for the cessation of production after so few were made, according to Breen. He estimated that fewer than 50 pieces survive from the two obverse dies <b>&#40;PCGS # 8560&#41;</b>

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