 1798 B.22 (R-3). Detail of Extremely Fine, but smoothing is evident in the obverse fields. A well struck coin otherwise, with sharp stars and devices. The reverse is a late die state with the die cracks detailed under Bolender's B.18, which are only seen on the latest die states of B.22. Bolender was mistaken when he reported these die cracks under the B.18 die pairing, which uses the same reverse die. Clearly the B.18 was struck first, and is only known without these reverse cracks. Retoned a dark smoky-gold color.
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