Lot 2238
1798 $5 Capped Bust. Large eagle. . B-6, Rarity 6. NGC graded AU-53. Lightly toned. A desirable array of residual orange-toned luster, ample detail, and classic early rarity combines in this scarcer 1798 half eagle variety. Smooth-edged devices throughout, including centers, rather than a keen, knife-edge strike, yet still much of the design is plain such as the wing feathers and most letters in the legends. There is a short mark in the hair wave above the temple, and some faint, now lightly worn adjustment lines just visible in the obverse center. Rims are free of bumps. Pop 5; 48 finer.
This die marriage is one of the rarer 1798 varieties.
Estimated Value $14,000 - 15,000.
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