| Light silvery gray surfaces with few very minor abrasions. Traces of light gold and iridescent toning are visible with hints of lustre. An attractive example. Light adjustment marks are present across center of the reverse. Distinctive date style with knobbed 9. Such coins are much scarcer than those with pointed 9 in date. Of additional interest is the "Five Lines" shield on the reverse. Each vertical stripe in the shield consists of five individual lines. This could also be termed "Five Pale Gules" in popular parlance. Only two reverse dies among 1798 silver dollars have this features and these two dies were used for just four marriages. This example is tied with the second finest of just five examples reported in the September 2000 Survey of early dollar collections, compiled by W. David Perkins and presented in Issue 40 of the John Reich Journal. The reverse has a light die crack through the right top of second T in STATES, down to the left through stand of that letter and cloud below. |
