Lot 2347
1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, wide date, 13 arrows. VF-30. One of the most dramatic die breaks in the entire bust dollar series, the obverse die cracked severely before this coin was struck through the last star up to Liberty's head. Curiously, the die first cracked through the bottom 3 points of the star to her neck, the die was then lapped greatly reducing this crack, and then as more coins were struck the die cracked again, this time through the upper point of the last star to Liberty's mouth. Well struck by the dies, with traces of sunset luster in the fields and we note one rim nick on the reverse above the last S of STATES. This terminal die state has always been popular with specialists in this series.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,400.
Purchased from Jonathan Kern in February 1997.
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