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1799. BB-163; B-10 R2

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:850.00 USD Estimated At:1,700.00 - 1,900.00 USD
1799. BB-163; B-10 R2
<Our item number 93900><B>1799. BB-163; B-10 R2. PCGS graded VF-25.</B> Light even grey toning on both sides. An appealing specimen of this year <B>&#40;PCGS # 6878&#41;</B>. <BR><BR>In 1799, Congress suspended all trade with France and her colonies. During the warlike tensions that ensued, the frigate Constellation captured the French sailing ship <I>Insurgente.</I> In March of that year, President John Adams appointed William Varns Murray to be the new Minister to France. Murray headed a peace commission which ended hostilities with France. Also this year, on December 14, George Washington died of a severe throat infection, following a cold caught while riding around his farm in the rain and snow &#40;An Alexandria, Virginia newspaper published in its entirety the report submitted by the attending physicians.&#41;. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,700-1,900. <BR><BR>Our item number 93900<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/36jpegs/093900.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://216.67.248. 213/liveauction/29jpegs/093900N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>