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1800 S$1 Normal Dies. B-2, BB-182, R.2. XF40 NGC. R do 1800[S$1] Normal Dies. B-2, BB-182, R.6. XF40

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1800 S$1 Normal Dies. B-2, BB-182, R.2. XF40 NGC. R do 1800[S$1] Normal Dies. B-2, BB-182, R.6. XF40
<B>1800<S$1> Normal Dies. B-2, BB-182, R.6. XF40 NGC.</B></I> R doubled; First T in STATES doubled. Reiver die state a. Bowers-Borckardt die state II. Reiver plate coin for the reverse of this die variety. Bright silver on the obverse devices, while the fields are slightly more gray. On the reverse there is more toning, with a splash of gold and blue at the top and peripheral hints of gold through the lettering, but this side is generally bright silver as well. As always, the strike is weak on the right wing of the eagle. The coin retains decent eye appeal although was dipped since it was purchased from the Ostheimer Sale in 1968.<BR> This die pairing is one of the scarcest of the 1800s, nearly as difficult as the B-20, BB-185 variety to obtain. The obverse and reverse are easy to attribute, as both dies show sharply recut letters, on the obverse the R is clearly doubled, and on the reverse, the first T of STATES is doubled, both letters are doubled low and to the right. Examining the reverse, a die crack is seen on all known specimens from the left side of the first A in AMERICA, and this crack extends down the lower portion of that letter to the fourth feather of the wing. A second die crack crosses the first above the base of the A and extends up through the middle of OF, and down through AM into the field where it fades in the leaf pair below I. There is a small mound die lump left of the eagle's tail, and a similar die lump below the E of UNITED. This particular coin is identifiable by a tiny planchet streak through the top left of the B in LIBERTY and a couple of nicks on both sides of the post of the D in UNITED. Certainly in the Condition Census for the variety and probably one of the top three or four known of this rare die pairing.<BR><I>Ex: James Kelly's Andre DeCoppett Sale (1955); Merkin's Jacque and A. J. Ostheimer Collection (September, 1968) lot 296; Julian Leidman (July, 1973).</B></I> Envelope Included.