Lot 937
1798 $10 Capped Bust. 8 over 7. 9 stars left, 4 right. Sharpness of About Uncirculated. Possible repair work to remove a rim bruise at 4:00. Cleaned long ago, now a respectable, yellow-gold color and with traces of orange toning around the reverse. Strong, even strike, with no areas of weakness on either side. Two die varieties of the 1798 Eagles are known, both overdates, this one not being as pronounced as the other. Taraszka's study of die marriages shows that this 1798 dated coin was struck before two varieties dated 1797 (the most likely scenario being that the 1797 dated varieties were struck later in 1798, or even beyond)!
Estimated Value $17,000 - 19,000.
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