1799 Capped Bust Right Eagle. BD-10, Taraszka-22. Rarity-3. Large Obverse Stars. AU Details--Damage (PCGS).This brightly lustrous, satin to softly frosted example also offers pretty color in vivid medium gold. Plenty of bold to sharp striking detail persists to further enhance the coins appeal. The PCGS qualifier concerns an overall "busy" appearance to both sides with numerous nicks and a few scrapes scattered about. BD Die State a/a.The conventionally accepted mintage has been 37,449 coins for the 1799 Capped Bust Right eagle issue, based on Walter Breens assumption that all of the coins delivered between May 14, 1799, and September 4, 1800, were from 1799-dated dies. After careful study, John W. Dannreuther (2006) provides a revised range of 31,750 to 46,250 pieces produced, the lower estimate allowing for the possibility that some 1797 BD-3 and/or BD-4 coins were included in Breens 37,499-piece mintage, and the upper estimate allowing for the possibility that some 1799-dated eagles were also included in later deliveries. With upward of 17,500 examples struck from these dies, and 300 to 400 coins believed extant in all grades (per Dannreuther), the 1799 BD-10 is one of the more available early eagle varieties and has long been popular with advanced collectors of gold type coins.PCGS# 8562. NGC ID: 2625.From the Collection of Silas Stanley Roberts, 1888-1966.
