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1798 S$1 10 Arrows. B-17, BB-101, R.4. AU53 NGC. Wide 1798[S$1] 10 Arrows. B-17, BB-101, R.4. AU53 N

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1798 S$1 10 Arrows. B-17, BB-101, R.4. AU53 NGC. Wide 1798[S$1] 10 Arrows. B-17, BB-101, R.4. AU53 N
<B>1798<S$1> 10 Arrows. B-17, BB-101, R.4. AU53 NGC.</B></I> Wide date, 17 close, 8 touches bust; Line star pattern, five vertical shield lines, 10 arrows. Reiver die state b. Bowers-Borckardt die state III. Lovely deep golden-gray with ample luster in the protected areas. The strike is sharp on the obverse for this heavily lapped die, with very weak dentils seen on the left obverse rim, and a thin die crack extending up through the first five stars. There are several small raised die lumps left of the date to the first star, including one on the first star, and a small spike hanging from the E, probably from clashing with the eagle's tail on the reverse. Faint adjustment marks are found on Liberty's bust and the field above. Identifiable by a short scratch below the clouds beneath the O in OF on the reverse. Well up in the Condition Census for the variety and no more than four or five probably survive so well preserved. A very difficult variety to obtain with so much eye appeal and surface quality, and this one has an illustrious pedigree.<BR><I>Chapman Brothers Harlan P. Smith Sale (May, 1906); Col. E. H. R. Green; 1952 ANA O. K. Rumbel Sale (August, 1952) lot 3133; M. H. Bolender's 184th Sale (April, 1953) lot 277; K. P. Austin; M. H. Bolender (privately, ca 1959); Jacque and A. J. Ostheimer (1960); Merkin's Ostheimer Sale (September, 1968) lot 259; W. Earl Spies; Stack's W. Earl Spies Sale (December, 1974) lot 80 to Jules Reiver at that sale.</B></I> Envelope Included.