1798 $1 Large Eagle MS(PCGS#6873)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2203

Grade

XF45

Price

4,200

Lot Description

Universally bold detail with deep toning in copper-gray and steely-olive. A tiny flan flaw at the obverse border just before 12 o'clock is as made. Vying with BB-105 as the most frequently encountered die marriage of the 1798 dollar, BB-125 is a popular variety to represent the Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle design in a type set. With most survivors grading VG to VF, however, this variety is scarce in EF. BB Die State I-II, intermediate die state, with the initial die cracks described by Bolender, but all peripheral features on both sides sharply struck.