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1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Large eagle, wide date,

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 1,600.00 USD
1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Large eagle, wide date,
<Our item number 109248><B>1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Large eagle, wide date, 13 arrows. BB-104. Sharpness of EF-40.</B> Signs of cleaning but now has begun to retone to a more natural appearance, and attractive. The surfaces are unusually choice and mark free for this Wide Date variety with the distinctive die break through E of STATES on the reverse. Wide date in date, the 8 firmly united with bust. This die is similar to BB-101, but the upper stars, while near L and Y, are not as close to them as in BB-101; on this the 7th star points directly at the lower left serif end of L, while on BB-101 the star points slightly above the serif end. Flaw on star 4. Slight die crack under Y and 8th and 9th stars, shows on some specimens. This obverse die was used to strike 1798 BB-104 &#40;early state&#41; and BB-105 &#40;early and late states&#41;.<BR><BR>BB-104 is paired to Reverse G, which also struck BB-103. Bolender said nothing about the die state of the reverse in the mating that created BB-104, except that BB-104 was struck &#34;from same die as Bolender-18&#34; &#40;equivalent to BB-103&#41;. However, Haseltine in 1881 stated that the reverse had a die crack from the rim through the E of STATES, but said nothing about any other cracks <B>&#40;PCGS # 6877&#41;</B>. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,500-1,600. <I><BR>Ex Dr. Hesselgesser.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 109248<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/39jpegs/109248.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/39jpegs/109248N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>