1801 Capped Bust Right Eagle. BD-2, Taraszka-25. Rarity-2. AU-55 (PCGS).An enchanting high grade circulated example of one of the most popular type varieties in the Capped Bust Right eagle series. Lustrous for the grade, otherwise satiny surfaces reveal flashes of prooflike reflectivity in the fields as the coin dips into a light. Evenly patinated in vivid golden-orange, with a strike that is sharp to full in all but a few isolated peripheral areas. BD Die State a/a.This variety represents the only use of this obverse die and the first of two uses of this reverse die in the Capped Bust Right eagle series. Both proved unusually hardy by the standards of the era, striking upward of 40,000 coins in the 1801 BD-2 pairing (per John W. Dannreuther, 2006). With such a large number of coins produced, it should perhaps come as no surprise that this is the most available die marriage in the early eagle series, including both the Small Eagle and Heraldic Eagle designs. Eagerly sought for type purposes, the 1801 BD-2 is particularly desirable in the finest circulated and Mint State grades, as here.From the E.S.S. Collection.
