Lot 1587
1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Large eagle, wide date, 13 arrows. . BB-104. Sharpness of EF-40. Signs of cleaning but now has begun to retone to a more natural appearance, and attractive. The surfaces are unusually choice and mark free for this Wide Date variety with the distinctive die break through E of STATES on the reverse. Wide date in date, the 8 firmly united with bust. This die is similar to BB-101, but the upper stars, while near L and Y, are not as close to them as in BB-101; on this the 7th star points directly at the lower left serif end of L, while on BB-101 the star points slightly above the serif end. Flaw on star 4. Slight die crack under Y and 8th and 9th stars, shows on some specimens. This obverse die was used to strike 1798 BB-104 (early state) and BB-105 (early and late states).
BB-104 is paired to Reverse G, which also struck BB-103. Bolender said nothing about the die state of the reverse in the mating that created BB-104, except that BB-104 was struck "from same die as Bolender-18" (equivalent to BB-103). However, Haseltine in 1881 stated that the reverse had a die crack from the rim through the E of STATES, but said nothing about any other cracks (PCGS # 6877) .
Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600.
Ex Dr. Hesselgesser.
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