Q. David Bowers
1798 [BB-81] B-2. 15 Stars; Small Eagle. Rarity-4. AU-50 (PCGS). Ex Garrett. Boldly struck. Not part of the Willasch Collection. $7,975.00.
1798 [BB-81] B-2. Rarity-4. VF-25. Sharply struck and enhanced by medium gray toning throughout. Surfaces and rims have minor marks a few of which may have been buffed down. $1,430.00.
1798 [BB-82] B-1. 13 Stars, Small Eagle. Rarity-4. EF-40. Medium silver at the centers and surrounded by delightful blue and russet color about the periphery. Boldly struck with full separation of Liberty's flowing tresses and many of the eagle's breast feathers still visible. The rims and surfaces are without a flaw, and only a single adjustment mark can be discovered traversing through the eagle's cloud base. $4,400.00.
1798 [BB-82] B-1. Rarity-4. VF-25 (PCGS). Steel gray toning on the devices, deeper somber gray in the fields. Clean surfaces and quite choice. Not part of the Willasch Collection. $1,760.00.
1798 [BB-82] B-1a. Rarity-4. VF-30 (PCGS). Irregular deep gold toning throughout and well struck. A few die cracks on the reverse. Not part of the Willasch Collection. $2,255.00.
1798 [BB-91] B-32. Rarity-5. F-12. One of the six new varieties rooted up by die variety collectors since the 1950 publishing of Bolender's reference. This die pairing is B-1 obverse and B-4 reverse. A few minor surface scratches on the obverse, as well as one under left wing of eagle on reverse. $462.00.
1798 [BB-92] B-4. Rarity-4. VF-20. Cleaned long ago and retoning about the rims with a golden hue. Excellent rims and surface but minor cleaning lines. $385.00.
1798 [BB-93] B-5a. Rarity-b. VF-25. Magnificent steel gray toning with multicolored highlights about the periphery. A touch weak in the strike as the reverse die had all but collapsed with a terminal bisecting break. In the Condition Census for the variety. Knobbed 9 variety. Not part of the Willasch Collection. $880.00.
1798 [BB-93] B-5a. Rarity-b. VF-35. Cleaned long ago with toning starting to form about the periphery. Very sharply struck. The reverse die broke severely with a bisecting crack after a handful were struck. $1,980.00.
1798 [BB-94] B-3. Rarity-4. VF-35. Deep gray fields with lighter devices combine to give this coin a great look. Well struck throughout, each device fully brought up. $770.00.
1798 [BB-95] B-6. Rarity-4. AU-55. Choice for the grade with hints of lustre in the fields graced with delicate golden toning. Perfectly centered. Knobbed 9. Not part of the Willasch Collection. $3,960.00.
1798 [BB-95] B-6. Rarity-4. VF-20. Even gray and recovering from an old cleaning, now with toning about the rims. Somewhat of a shallow strike, but all devices and detail visible. $390.50.
1798 [BB-95] B-6. Rarity-4. VF-30. Cleaned and now retoning to a sunset gold. Clean surfaces and rims. $660.00.
1798 [BB-95] B-7. Rarity-4. F-12. Original toning with the centers weakly struck, more so on the reverse. $319.00.
1798 [BB-101] B-17. Rarity-4. VF-25. Steel gray and original with a single small mark above the bow of Liberty. $374.00.
1798 [BB-102] B-20b. Rarity-5. VF-25. Medium steel color and well struck but for the central devices. Some minor ad-justment marks in the central reverse contribute to the weakness. A heavy rim cud has developed below eagle's tail to last A of AMERICA. $484.00.
1798 [BB-103] B-18. Rarity-b. VG-10. Heavy scratches in the left field and another on Liberty's hair which have been buffed down. Some adjustment marks visible in the center of obverse. Cleaned and starting to tone to a medium gray. $137.50.
1798 [BB-104] B-22. Rarity-3. F-15. Steel gray and original with excellent surfaces. A single rim mark is noted below Liberty's bust. Minor adjustment marks at the central reverse and a touch weakly struck on a few of the shield lines. $330.00.
1798 [BB-104] B-22. Rarity-3. VF-30. Steel gray and a touch bluntly struck on reverse. $440.00.
1798 [BB-105] B-23. Rarity-3. EF-45. Boldly struck throughout but harshly cleaned to a dull white. A single mark on the star and nearby field near the eagle's beak. $1,870.00.
1798 [BB-106] B-19. Rarity-4. VF-25. Boldly struck with superior fields and devices. Vertical bisecting die crack on obverse. $1,320.00.
1798 [BB-107] B-21. Rarity-4. F-12. Lovely surfaces and rims. Small die lump above date. $440.00.
1798 [BB-108] B-13. Rarity-3. F-15. Lightly cleaned and with resulting hairlines in the fields and on the devices. Retoning now and should be quite normal looking in a few more years. $374.00.
1798 [BB-108] B-13. Rarity-3. MS-63. Frosty and intoned with no surface impairments. A minute planchet flaw above the N of UNITED on the reverse. A tiny rim mark above A of STATES. Not part of the Willasch Collection. $7,700.00.
1798 [BB-109] B-10. Rarity-4. VF-25. Steel gray and original, greatly enhanced by clean surfaces. Well struck for the variety, only a hint of weakness on the curls near Liberty's neck. $374.00.
1798 [BB-110] B-16b. Rarity-6. AU-58. Deep blue and russet toning throughout, atop semiprooflike fields. Struck from latest die state known. Fields show faint evidence of cleaning, but have fully toned over. A touch of rub on the high points and minor handling marks in the fields. $27,500.00.
1798 [BB-111] B-11a. Rarity-3. VF-30. But heavily buffed at the central obverse, probably to remove some marks. Completely retoned to a somber gray. A heavy die crack from last star toward the L of LIBERTY. $286.00.
1798 [BB-112] B-15a. Rarity-B. VF-20. Even gray toning al-though some faint cleaning lines show in the fields, and well struck. The reverse has some adjustment marks and the obverse has a few scattered marks, commensurate with the grade. $231.00.
1798 [BB-113] B-27. Rarity-4. MS-60. Dark irregular toning on both sides. Deep blue color about the periphery and original mint bloom ooze up from flawless fields. Boldly struck. Not part of the Willasch Collection. $2,530.00.