1799 Capped Bust Right Eagle. BD-2, Taraszka-14. Rarity-5+. Small Obverse Stars. MS-63 (PCGS). Gold

1799 Capped Bust Right Eagle. BD-2, Taraszka-14. Rarity-5+. Small Obverse Stars. MS-63 (PCGS). Gold Shield Holder.，This is a simply outstanding example that would do justice to an advanced gold type set or high quality collection of early U.S. Mint gold coin varieties. Otherwise medium gold surfaces are further enhanced by wisps of pale rose iridescence that appear to drift toward the peripheries. The borders are boldly and uniformly denticulated, and both sides are sharply to fully struck over virtually all design elements -- testaments to the above average striking quality that this coin possesses by the standards of the fledgling Philadelphia Mint. Brightly lustrous with a satin to modestly semi-reflective finish that is sure to please. BD Die State a/b.<p>Thanks to the uncommonly generous extant population of the BD-10 variety, the 1799 is one of the more readily obtainable early eagles in todays market. As with all pre-1843 U.S. Mint gold issues, however, the 1799 ten is scarce in an absolute sense. Most of the 37,449 or so coins struck bearing this date were undoubtedly lost through exportation and melting, activities that eventually led President Thomas Jefferson to suspend ten-dollar eagle coinage in 1804 to stymie the loss of gold bullion to domestic commerce. BD-2, offered here, is one of the scarcer varieties of this date with John W. Dannreuther (2006) providing an estimate of just 35 to 45 survivors from an approximate mintage from these dies of 1,500 to 2,000 coins. This is the first example of the variety that we have offered in quite some time and, as one of the nicest Choice Mint State early eagles of any date or die pairing to appear in a recent Stacks Bowers Galleries auction, the significance of this bidding opportunity can hardly be overstated.，From the Marc Kravit Collection.，