Lot 2188
1799. Irregular Date. T-20, R-5. PCGS graded MS-61. Well struck. Nice rich golden toning. A frosty, satiny pale golden early eagle with dancing coppery orange patina within, around, and in places on top of the devices, pleasing throughout with ample remaining somewhat "cartwheel luster" on both sides. Nicely struck as well, with just a hint of weakness at hair immediately below the cap. Pop 12; 32 finer. (PCGS # 98562) .
This is the same Irregular Date obverse die used on T-19. In combination with this reverse, however, the die marriage is quite scarce. Possibly 50 to 60 examples survive from this die marriage. Scholars who have studied the early eagle series believe that this was a short-lived reverse die, only known to exist in this single die marriage, Taraszka-20. There is no simple explanation for the life of individual dies. Some dies are known in several marriages with many hundred coins surviving. Others such as this were only used for a single combination.
Estimated Value $25,000 - 28,000.
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