1798 Quarter Eagle

HBCC#:

3005

Breen#:

6116

BD#:

1

Judd#:

n/a

Pollock#:

n/a

Quarter eagles dated 1798 were coined from two varieties, combining separate obverse and reverse dies for each. This first variety has a closely spaced date on the obverse and just four berries in the branch on the reverse. The other die variety, number HBCC-3006, has a slightly wider date and five berries on the branch. The problematic reverse star count from the previous issue, HBCC-3004, has now been resolved with 13 stars over the eagle’s head. This choice Mint State example is one of the finest known for the variety, and may actually qualify as the finest known.

Provenance:

From RARCOA's 1970 ANA Sale, Lot 1425. Earlier from RARCOA's 1963 sale of the J.F. Bell II Collection, Lot 78. Earlier still from Leo A. Young's 1959 ANA Sale, Lot 956.

Obverse:

Reverse:

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