This is the final date for which the Small Eagle reverse type was used on Capped Bust Right eagles. The 1797 Small Eagle shares its reverse die with the 1796, examples struck in between early and late die state coins of the former date. Appreciably rarer than the 1796 in all grades, the 1797 Small Eagle has an extant population of just 55 to 65 coins (per John W. Dannreuther, 2006, whose estimate for the 1796 is 125 to 175 survivors).

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the D. Brent Pogue Part II Auction, where it realized $440,625.