1908-S $10 MS(PCGS#8861)

June 2026 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2249

Grade

MS64

Price

19,520

Lot Description

This is a lovely coin, expertly produced and preserved with great care. The design elements are sharply rendered with bold detail extending even to the central high points. The surfaces are lustrous and satiny with a considerable intermingling of mint frost. Bathed in vivid bright reddish-apricot color, this is a premium coin for the assigned grade that presents as strongly as some certified MS-65s that we have handled for this issue over the years.<p>The premier San Francisco Mint Indian eagle, the 1908-S has a low mintage of just 59,850 pieces produced. A surprising number of high grade Mint State examples are known, suggesting that some coins were set aside by contemporary Americans as the first examples of the new type struck in the West Coast coinage facility. The total Mint State population is limited by Indian eagle standards, nonetheless, and examples are avidly sought by numismatists irrespective of numeric grade.