1803 Eagle

HBCC#:

3200

Breen#:

6845

BD#:

5

Judd#:

n/a

Pollock#:

n/a

This is a duplicate example of the die marriage displayed at HBCC-3199. The 14 th star is clearly visible on the top of the rightmost cloud. The obverse die is approximately the same die state as the other example. The reverse, however, is a later die state, revealing a die crack from the border at 6:30, which extends through the tail and along the right edge of the shield, then through the field and into the wing at the right.

Provenance:

Purchased from Abner Kreisberg's sale of March 20, 1972, Lot 1239.

Obverse:

Reverse:

Commentary:

"Obverse: Stars Type III, as 1801 2. Relapped. Reclashed: L, hair, throat. Lump atop I. Crack BERTY. Reverse: Large stars, as in 1804. Small 14th star punched within last cloud. Berry centered under A. Short stem."