Early Dollars
1797 $1 9x7 Stars, Large Letters, B-1, BB-73, R.3, AU50 NGC. Bowers Die State II. The coin is unevenly struck with considerable weakness at the upper obverse and lower reverse, with strong detail elsewhere. Steel-gray surfaces show light golden toning and have hints of satiny luster in the fields. Wear is light across the high points of the devices. There is a planchet flaw on the rim above the TY in LIBERTY, visible from both sides.
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