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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CappedBustDimes, post: 307261, member: 9104&quot;]the above attribution is wrong this is not the 99/98 but, it is a b-8 1799 normal date w/ 1 and 7 tilted to the right and both 9s are tilted to the left.&nbsp; the 9/8 nearly touches the bottom of the bust...the date in this example clearly does not.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;1799 </p><p>Obverse Stars Arranged 7 left &amp; 6 right</p><p>Normal Date/9’s without Spurs</p><p>LIBERTY evenly spaced between stars</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>Variety: BB-165, B-8, R-2/[3 depending on die state]</p><p><br /></p><p>on the revers, one diagnostic is the rough area inside the top loop of and to the right of S2.&nbsp; i initially thought this was a result of being holed then, professionally plugged.&nbsp; </p><p>there is also a series of lumps over the D and to the right, at the end of the wing tips.</p><p>these lumps occur on later die states perhaps as a result from die rusting...i don&#039;t know.&nbsp; this must be an early intermediate die state because, from the pics, i do not see any other notable cracks&nbsp; developing.</p><p><br /></p><p>one would need to see which die was used on the edge to confirm authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>here is the cardinal example for reference;</p><p><img src="http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2769/17991cardxo0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1876/1799card2xz0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>this piece has obviously been cleaned.&nbsp; the orange/brown remnants around the obverse stars if is the color that should be displayed throughout the coin&#039;s surface...regardless, this is an xf piece that would probably holder with any grading service if authentic...very nice coin with a relatively great strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>see this scrubbed out pcgs 1799.</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1799-PCGS-VF-20-DRAPED-BUST-DOLLAR-CRACK-PLANCHET-ERROR_W0QQitemZ230201268249QQihZ013QQcategoryZ11976QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1799-PCGS-VF-20-DRAPED-BUST-DOLLAR-CRACK-PLANCHET-ERROR_W0QQitemZ230201268249QQihZ013QQcategoryZ11976QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1799-PCGS-VF-20-DRAPED-BUST-DOLLAR-CRACK-PLANCHET-ERROR_W0QQitemZ230201268249QQihZ013QQcategoryZ11976QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[Reiver, Jules, The United States Early Silver Dollars 1794 to 1803][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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