1797 DRAPED BUST $10, SMALL EAGLE PCGS MS61

The PCGS MS61 grade is well suited to this 1797 Draped Bust eagle, Small Eagle, which is described with active luster. Draped Bust dollars are central to early federal silver collecting, with die marriages and reverse details carrying major specialist importance. Attribution specialists will note Small Eagle. Advanced collectors will also note the scarcity profile: fewer than 60 specimens are believed to exist in all grades, and just a single coin has been graded higher by PCGS. The certified Mint State level places emphasis on originality and the absence of impairments that often affect survivors. It is best appreciated as a carefully preserved representative of a demanding and historically resonant issue.