1898-S 10C MS(PCGS#4817)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4183

Grade

MS66

Price

3,360

Lot Description

Minimally toned in wisps of iridescent smoky-silver and pale gold, this lovely premium Gem Mint State dime also offers razor sharp striking detail and strong mint luster. The 1898-S was widely exported (see below), with Uncirculated survivors far scarcer than the mintage of 1,702,507 pieces might imply. Discounting only the famous 1894-S, this is actually the rarest San Francisco Mint Barber dime in terms of total number of Mint State coins believed extant; in the finest grades only the 1895-S and 1907-S are more challenging to collect. One of numerous highlights of the extensive Barber coinage offerings in this sale.<p>Elusive within the United States even in their own day, the federal government shipped many or most 1898-S dimes to the Philippine Islands after the Spanish-American War ended in the summer of that year.