 1799 B.10b. Choice Extremely Fine. A single minor edge defect is noted at the top of the obverse above the 'E' and on the reverse there is a trivial dull scrape at the center of the eagle's tail. Toned medium gray throughout. This later die state is a delight to study, the obverse has a faint die crack through the last four stars, the reverse is shattered with a die crack arcing up through 'STA', a branching crack down through 'ATES', a heavy die crack crosses the 'O' in OF separating two clouds below, another crosses that crack at the right side of the 'O'. Additional die cracks span the fields and legends. This terminal die state is scarcer than the earlier unbroken state.
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