Lot 1768
1797 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 stars left, 7 right, large letters. Sharpness of VF-35 but slight tooling noted. This one has been holed and plugged left of the date, where a series of faint scratches, but the evidence is more available on the reverse where ED of UNITED have obviously been reingraved. Further, there was a planchet streak through the eagle's head to the rim left of OF and through the ED of UNITED. Perhaps the reingraving was to reduce the planchet streak, but instead many areas of tooling can be seen with a glass. This is all too bad, as the coin was nice to begin with, and would have been a high grade example, with a minor planchet flaw. Inspection mandatory and many would appreciate this coin's qualities and could overlook the tooling.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
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| Realized $1,668 |
