1842 $10 Small Date MS(PCGS#8585)

Spring 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

5218

等级

MS62+

价格

401,178

详细说明

High Condition Census 1842 Small Date Eagle 1842 Liberty Head Eagle. Small Date, Plain 4. MS-62+ (PCGS). CAC. This is a highly significant and thoroughly desirable example of a scarce early date Liberty Head eagle. Both sides exhibit lovely, original honey-olive color. The strike is overall sharp, coming up just a bit short over stars 1 and 2 near the lower obverse border. Lustrous, frosty and exceptionally appealing at the assigned grade level, this delightful piece will attract bids from advanced collectors of Liberty Head gold coinage. The Small Date is by far the rarer of the two date logotypes that comprise the Philadelphia Mint's production of ten-dollar gold eagles in 1842. It was the first variety of the issue produced, and is distinguished from its Large Date counterpart not only by the size of the digits in the logotype, but also by having a Plain 4 as opposed to a Crosslet 4. The mintage of the 1842 Small Date is just 18,623 pieces, as opposed to 62,884 coins for the 1842 Large Date, and Small Date survivors are at least twice as rare. The 1842 Small Date is particularly elusive in Mint State, and there are probably no more than a dozen Uncirculated coins extant, one of which is permanently impounded in the Smithsonian Institution. This is the second finest example certified by PCGS, and the highest graded to have received CAC approval. It ranks among the most significant gold coins that we have ever offered. Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection-Hendricks Set. PCGS Population: 1; 1 finer (MS-63). CAC Population: 1; 0. PCGS# 8585. NGC ID: 262L. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA. Click here to see Coins in Motion.[“Coins]