1798 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. Heraldic Eagle. BB-111, B-11. Rarity-3. Pointed 9, Wide Date. AU-53 (PCGS). OGH.Moderately toned in even golden-gray, this well produced early dollar exhibits bold to sharp devices within near-fully denticulated borders. A minor planchet lamination (as made) that bisects the letter R in LIBERTY is noted for accuracy. A somewhat scarcer die marriage of the 1798 Heraldic Eagle dollar, BB-111 has an extant population of 250 to 450 pieces. EF and AU examples are rare and make up the Condition Census for the variety, the present example included in that listing as compiled for the 2013 Bowers early dollar encyclopedia. BB Die State V.Ex Heritages sale of the Cardinal Collection, July 1997, lot 6490; Heritages sale of the Albany Collection, September 2002, lot 7779. This coin was discovered by Martin Logies in Long Beach, May 1996.
