Lot 1777
1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, wide date, 13 arrows. ICG graded EF-45. Gunmetal gray toning throughout, with lighter gray on the upper devices that show wear. We note darker splashes of toning around the stars, otherwise the color is even. A glass will find moderate handling marks on Liberty as well as minor rim ticks, but these are not plain to the unaided eye. As a variety B-19 or BB-106 is scarce. Bowers and Borckardt report 39 auction appearances of this variety. The obverse die cracked early (none have been reported without the bisecting obverse break), through the spine of the E in LIBERTY, down through curls to the 1 in the date, and the left side of the die is weaker than the right where the crack passes. Due to the location of the die crack, Liberty's hair is always a touch weak, and hence few are found in high grades. Identifiable by a small tick right of the upper point of the fifth star and a rim tick above the E of LIBERTY and another between RT, on the reverse by a field nick at the left ribbon end.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
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