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1798 Wide Date
| Weight | 26.96 g |
| Diameter | 39.5 mm |
| Mint | Philadelphia |
| Strike | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 327,536 Combined mintage for all 1798 varieties |
| Edge | Lettered (HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT) |
| Alignment | ↑↓ Coin |
| Composition | 89.24% Silver, 10.76% Copper |
| Melt value | — |
| Designer | Robert Scot |
| Collector's Key ID | CK-4481 |
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Other recorded varieties for 1798:
- 1798 10 Arrows · 10 Arrows
- 1798 5 Stripes · 5 Stripes
- 1798 Knob 9 · Knob 9
- 1798 Knob 9, 4 Lines · Knob 9, 4 Lines
- 1798 Knob 9, 5 Lines · Knob 9, 5 Lines
- 1798 Large Eagle · Large Eagle
- 1798 Pointed 9, 4 Vertical Lines · Pointed 9, 4 Vertical Lines
- 1798 Pointed 9, 5 Vertical Lines · Pointed 9, 5 Vertical Lines
- 1798 Small Eagle, 13 Stars · Small Eagle, 13 Stars
- 1798 Small Eagle, 15 Stars · Small Eagle, 15 Stars
External references
The 1798 Wide Date Draped Bust Dollar is a documented obverse date-spacing variety where the numerals in the 1798 date are spaced unusually far apart compared to the standard 1798 date punch. The 1798 Wide Date belongs to the broader 1798 production sequence and is one of the documented date-spacing varieties within the 1798 combined 327,536-piece annual mintage. The 1798 Wide Date can appear on either Small Eagle or Heraldic Eagle reverses depending on the specific die marriage, and is catalogued by the Bowers-Borckardt (BB) attribution system as a specific obverse-die characteristic.
Strike quality on the 1798 Wide Date varies across the specific die-marriage production. Most surviving examples grade VG to VF from heavy circulation in the late 1790s and early 1800s, with PCGS, the Professional Coin Grading Service, and NGC populations clustering at F and VF. Mint State examples are genuinely rare. The Wide Date variety can be distinguished from the standard 1798 date by careful measurement of the numeral spacing under five to ten power magnification.
The 1798 Wide Date is a popular variety pickup for collectors documenting the 1798 obverse date-punch variations and trades at meaningful premiums above the standard 1798 baseline at every grade. The variety pairs with the broader 1798 Knob 9 and Pointed 9 date-punch variety group and the 10 Arrows / 5 Stripes reverse-die varieties as the matched 1798 specialist-variety set. Authentication concerns center on cleaning, polishing, edge damage, and counterfeit detection; certified slabs from PCGS or NGC with BB die-marriage attribution noted on the holder are essential at any meaningful price level. Pedigree research for Draped Bust Dollar varieties continues through the Bowers and Borckardt die-marriage catalog and recent specialist auction-house research, with new BB-attribution discoveries periodically refining the modern understanding of the 1795-1804 production years. For the 1798 date-punch and die-variety context, see the Draped Bust Dollar series history.
Reference data only — not an appraisal.
| Grade | Description | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| G-4 | Good (G) | $765 | $880 |
| VG-8 | Very Good (VG) | $970 | $1,120 |
| F-12 | Fine (F) | $1,250 | $1,445 |
| VF-20 | Very Fine (VF) | $2,140 | $2,470 |
| EF-40 | Extremely Fine (EF) | $3,420 | $3,950 |
| AU-50 | About Uncirculated (AU) | $4,795 | $5,535 |
| MS-60 | Uncirculated (MS) | $17,585 | $20,290 |
| MS-63 | Choice Uncirculated (MS) | — | — |
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