Lot 902
1798 Large Eagle B-13 BB-108 Rarity 2. ANACS graded VF-20. Light gray toning. Medium wide date nicely placed in the area provided. Die crack upward from right portion of L in LIBERTY. BB-108 is easily identified by a die flaw between a ray of star 13 and the bust. Among the stars on the left, 1-2, 2-3, and 5-6 are more widely spaced than others. On the right stars 8-9 are noticeably wider apart than are any others. A short crack, or flaw, extends into the field from a dentil opposite bust tip.
The use of this obverse die is especially interesting in that it was interrupted. This die was used first to strike examples of 1798 BB-108, then BB-109 dollars were struck, then additional BB-108 dollars were coined. Die state progressions provide the telltale evidence.
On the reverse, only 10 arrows. 5 small berries, with the 2 top ones closest together. A point of the leaf is under the left lower tip of I in AMERICA. The star distant from the eagle's beak. Arc star pattern. A die crack along right wing tip, top of AM to border above E. "This is a later state of the reverse that used to have 10 arrows and a headless stick (used to coin 1798 B13 107)," explains the Bowers Silver Dollar encyclopedia. "For the production of 1798 BB-108, the reverse die was relapped, removing the headless stick.".
Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000.
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