How common are the 1799 Irregular date bust dollars?

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  cardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 25, 2019 3:48PM edited October 25, 2019 3:53PM

  That one on eBay is NOT an Irregular date!

  Here is a true Irregular date:

  

  

  Compare the date on the one above, with the date of the one on eBay:

  

  Irregular date dollars are somewhat scarce but certainly not rare.

  And BTW, I grade the one on eBay as XF details with dull surfaces, and NOT even close to a $9,500 price.

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  CaptHenway Posts: 34,211 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 25, 2019 4:05PM

  Your example of the true Irregular Date is quite beautiful.
  I do think it is a scarce variety.

  Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.

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  cardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 25, 2019 4:54PM

  @CaptHenway said:
  Your example of the true Irregular Date is quite beautiful.
  I do think it is a scarce variety.

  Thanks @CaptHenway

  I do not have that one anymore, but I believe it is the finest known of the die variety. It has superb luster and an excellent strike!

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  yosclimber Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 25, 2019 5:50PM

  The 3 date styles in @cardinal's attribution wizard for 7 + 6 star 1799 heraldic eagle dollars:
  http://earlydollars.org/wizarddata.asp?ID=109

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