Lot 1584
1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Large eagle, close date. . BB-123, B-25. NGC graded AU-55. Light grey toning. Soft strike near the reverse stars as usual. Extensive die breaks on the obverse, as pictured. Pop 1; finest graded for the variety. This is from the so-called "Blundered Stars Reverse" with blundered star placement; some stars overlap the clouds. Perhaps, the engraver was inattentative when cutting this die. Two uppermost stars in center partly in clouds. Cloud 4 has two rays of a star superimposed on it at lower left; clouds 5 and 6, which overlap, are with the top ray of a star touching cloud 5, the ray to the left of it barely touching the cloud, and the ray to the right slightly overlapping cloud 6. A star touches point of upper part of eagle's beak; star ray points to right side of B in PLURIBUS. Line star pattern. Die crack from stem down to milling. Small die flaws in E of STATES, between E and S, and under S. Die crack from cloud under last S of STATES through top of O and down to base of F.
"I believe that 300 to 500 examples are known of 1798 BB-123," explains the Bowers encyclopedia, "making it in the middle range of availability. Nearly all are in lower grades through EF. AU coins are very rare."
Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,500.
Ex Dr. Hesselgesser.
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