Lot 1085
1799/8. 13 stars on reverse. B-3; BB-141 R-3. NGC graded AU-55. A truly lovely example. Struck on a smooth problem-free planchet. Plenty of underlying luster still present; all, further enhanced by light violet and delicate golden hues. This is scarce coin this well preserved and it has great features that add to its desirability. First off there is the overdate, which is scarce to begin with. The digit 8 clearly lies beneath the second 9. For the reverse there is a big engraving blunder. When laying out the die and punching in the tiny stars above the eagle, the engraver miscounted and punched in 15 stars instead of 3. Rather than ignoring the mistake, he effectively erarsed the blunder by extending down the two clouds, one on either end of the row of clouds. This would be easy to overlook, except that tiny points from the stars still show peaking out from the enlarged clouds. A high grade example like this shows these fine features quite well, and will no doubt bring hours of fun showing this off to various friends. Pop 24; 59 finer.
Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000.
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