1798 $1 Knob 9, 4 Vertical Lines B-5, BB-93 Draped Bust Dollar PCGS AU53

This is an extremely rare and desirable 1798 silver dollar, with maybe only 13-15 examples known to me. All of the examples seen have the spectacular vertical die break bisecting the reverse; there is one example known without the reverse die break offered as Lot 46 and plated in the Stacks December 1974 The W. Earl Spies Collection of U.S. Silver Dollars 1794 - 1803 sale. This Specimen is the plate coin in the second edition of the Bowers Book.  This specimen is ex. B&M Everson & Faught Sale and is high Condition Census for the die marriage.