1799 Capped Bust Right Eagle. BD-7, Taraszka-19. Rarity-3. Small Obverse Stars. AU Details--Edge Repaired (PCGS).The surfaces are bright and pale khaki-gold in hue, with traces of darker bronze patina in the protected areas. Minor scattered marks are noted at the central obverse, but the reverse remains very well-composed with prooflike fields. File marks are evident at the lower obverse rim from the date to below star 13. BD-7 is the most common die marriage of the 1799 Small Obverse Stars type and the second most plentiful of the issue as a whole after BD-10, Large Obverse Stars variety. Dannreuther estimates that 10,000 to 15,000 examples were coined from the 1799 BD-7 dies but as few as 250 have survived.PCGS# 98562.
