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HBCC #3067 – 1799 Half Eagle – Obverse HBCC #3067 – 1799 Half Eagle – Reverse
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1799 Half Eagle

HBCC#:
3067
Breen#:
6437
BD#:
8
Judd#:
n/a
Pollock#:
n/a

This coin represents another rare variety among those of 1799, and is rated Rarity-6 by Walter Breen. Harry Bass acquired this example in 1973 from dealer Stanley Kesselman in a private transaction. With just two examples in the Bass Collection, we surmise this variety to be rarer than the die marriage displayed at HBCC-3066. Robert Miller considered this Rarity-6 as well, suggesting the variety nearly qualifies as Rarity-7.

Provenance:
Purchased from Stanley Kesselman, July 2, 1973.
Obverse:
Reverse:
Commentary:
"Obverse: Vertical crack."