1797 $10 Large Eagle MS(PCGS#8559)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

5146

等级

AU50

价格

192,238

详细说明

Sharp and Lustrous 1797 Heraldic Eagle $10 1797 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Heraldic Eagle. BD-2, Taraszka-8. Rarity-4+. AU-50 (PCGS). Smartly impressed and well centered in strike, this minimally circulated early $10 retains sharp to full definition to virtually all design elements. Lightly hairlined on both sides, yet largely free of sizeable or otherwise singularly mentionable handling marks. Appreciable mint luster remains in the protected areas, and warm honey-olive and medium orange colors further enhance the eye appeal. BD Die State b/b. Bass-Dannreuther 2 is the first of three die marriages that the Mint used to strike 1797 Capped Bust Right eagles of the newly introduced Heraldic Eagle reverse type. It is Style I of this type; the head punch is the familiar Draped Bust motif from Robert Scot's original hub of 1795, but the reverse is from a John Smith Gardner hub with a long thin neck to the eagle. This is the only die variety of this style. The remaining two marriages of the 1797 Heraldic Eagle display reverse eagle punches that, although they are also from Gardner hubs, are characterized by long thick neck (BD-4) and short thin neck (BD-3) eagles. All styles of 1797 $10 are scarce and desirable, especially at the AU level. Provenance: From the George Schwenk Collection. Earlier from Heritage's sale of the Maurice Storck Collection, October 2020, lot 18390; Heritage's sale of the Derek Overstreet Collection, May 2022 CSNS Signature Auction, lot 3989. PCGS# 8559. NGC ID: 25ZY. 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]