1866 $10 Motto MS (PCGS#8649)
June 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 114
- 等级
- AU58
- 价格
- 124,767
- 详细说明
- Extremely Rare Choice AU 1866 Motto $10
1866 Liberty Head Eagle. Motto. AU-58 (PCGS).
This is a remarkably attractive rarity with ample satin to semi-prooflike finish on light orange-gold surfaces. Trivial bagmarks punctuate the fields, though none of these are individually distracting. A group of reeding marks in the lower right field will be helpful in tracing this piece through future cabinets. Evidence of true friction is negligible and the technical quality reflects Mint State preservation in most respects. Sharply pronounced throughout and adorned with frosty luster around the devices on each side.
The 1866 issue is the first Philadelphia Mint Liberty eagle to feature the Motto design type; the addition of IN GOD WE TRUST to the reverse design stemmed from the religious revival that swept through the Union during the Civil War. With just 3,750 coins struck, the 1866 Motto $10 was an absolute rarity upon its inception, and heavy circulation and melting has only further reduced this population. The presently offered coin is among the finest of just 75 to 100 survivors in numismatic hands, and it is nearly the finest certified at PCGS. It is tied with 3 other coins at the AU-58 grade and just one Mint State piece has been certified at MS-61.
Provenance: Ex our sale of February 2014, lot 2158.
PCGS Population: 4; 1 finer in MS-61.
PCGS# 8649. NGC ID: 264J.
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